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View fullsize Recently joined Dr. Brandi Gilbert for an episode of Freedom Friday to discuss youth disconnection in America, focusing on the systemic issues contributing to this crisis and the importance of community support and mental health. On this podcast we t
View fullsize Closing out another chapter: thanks for 2 years of learning, challenge, and development, Community Science (and all the @amtrak rides, I became an Amtrak loyalist and fan)! From walking around the streets of Connecticut to exploring food access in A
View fullsize Bittersweet moment as I close out my Temple journey: thankful for the moments of growth, challenge, frustration, joy, and success. Extremely grateful and appreciative for all the amazing people I’ve crossed paths with, at or through Temple and
View fullsize Too many youth and young people are being left behind — not because they don’t care, but because too many systems stopped caring about them a long time ago. In my latest op-ed with @phillyinquirer, I write about the millions of young peo
View fullsize Reconnected with colleagues today to present on the importance and role of Relational Responsibilities in Action at Education at Illinois’ Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA) Conference in Chicago. It’s alway
View fullsize Yesterday served as another reminder of why I do the work I do and prioritize the voices and experiences of youth and young people. We hosted the 4th Annual The Groupchat: A Safe Philadelphia—for middle and high schoolers across Philly to com
View fullsize “Excellence is not achieved through celebratory rhetoric but by ensuring that every student receives the support, attention, and resources needed to succeed. It means filling classrooms with qualified teachers — not substitutes — an
View fullsize Members of Congress have not seen a pay raise since 2009. Their annual base salaries have remained stagnant at $174,000 over a period in which inflation, cost of living, and income inequalities have all increased. The federal minimum wage has also re

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