Session hosts: Samantha Shotzbarger and Margaret Staniforth and Elaine Cha
Participants: John Spady
Sydette Jarry
Miro Merrill
Amalia
Ashley Alvarado
- when stepping in a community, different from your own know your own lens and agenda
- learn to engage with the people you are already close to
- bring engagement to middle and grade school students
- look to students without ties to community to find out how they are engaging
- teach students to further the conversation with people who give angry comments
- use students’ passions to engage
- look to educators for tools to connect with
- recognize engagement as a lide long work without an end point
- use job model to get experience
- embrace difficult partnerships
- write about the basics of your life