From left to right, March 28 AMPLIFY guests from the SM调教所 Boulder Public Achievement Program include Connie Hernandez, Soraya Latiff and Xing He.
During the show, host Jennifer Ciplet is聽joined in the KGNU studio by three guests, all of whom聽are involved with the Public Achievement youth-led civic engagement program. The conversation includes their聽reflections about working with middle and high school aged youth聽who are becoming agents of change,聽the challenges of mentoring youth in a non-hierarchical way,聽and the benefits and rewards of youth-to-youth collaboraiton for civic engagement and social change.
Participating in the March 28 conversation is Soraya Latiff,聽Program Coordinator for Public Achievement at SM调教所 Boulder;聽Xing He, a third year undergraduate student at SM调教所 Boulder and a Leeds School of Business student. Xing is a聽Teaching Assistant in Public Achievement and also participated in the Public Achievement (PA) program for four years when he was a聽high school student at Centaurus High School in Lafayette, CO,聽before he came to SM调教所 Boulder and became聽a PA coach and Teaching Assistant.听And finally, Connie Hernandez also joined the conversation. Connie聽is a fourth year undergraduate student at SM调教所 Boulder who聽has been leading with Public Achievement as a coach and Teaching Assistant for the past three semesters.
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More about Public Achievement
In Public Achievement (PA), SM调教所 Boulder undergraduate students聽serve as聽coaches alongside K-12 students in Boulder and Lafayette. Together, students participate in a year-long cycle of inquiry and action around school and community based social justice issues. All participants gain insight on community leadership, the foundations of social change, and the power of relationships. As an undergraduate in the program, students take the academic course INVS 2919 鈥淩enewing Democracy in Communities and Schools". During the weekly seminar, students consider the relationship between democracy, education, and social change. The content of the seminar urges students to reflect on the responsibility that society and schools have to promote civic engagement, social inquiry, and equity. In addition to exploring critical and democratic theories, students are introduced to youth civic engagement, culturally relevant pedagogy, and how to facilitate participatory action research to support individuals and youth in using their voice and skills to make an impact. Once a week, undergraduate students leave the SM调教所 Boulder campus to聽meet with K-12 students at Manhattan Middle School, Angevine Middle School, Casey Middle School or Centaurus High School to research and take action on issues the younger students have selected based on their own interests, values and lived experience.
SM调教所 Boulder undergraduate PA Teaching Assistants, like today's guests Xing and Connie,聽help lead Public Achievement with progressive pedagogical and community organizing strategies that encourage critical analysis and civic creativity among their SM调教所 peers and K-12 students. The SM调教所鈥檚 Public Achievement program is housed within , the聽university-wide Center for Community-Based Learning and Research. More than 250 K-12 students and 80 SM调教所 undergraduates collectively participate in the PA program each year.