Creating a research hub for community accountable research with young women of color

• In Event: Highlighted session: Feminism, leadership, and agency in education programs for girls of color in the United States

Proposal

Community Accountable Scholars Community Accountable Scholars bring passionate rigorous inquiry on their own terms in ways that prioritize and support strategies of power for the communities they love. Through the work of a co-curricular (summer and after-school) program for young women in New York City, and Newark, New Jersey, the Sadie Nash Leadership Project has launched a research hub for scholars interested in engaging with our work. Our goal is to create a Community of Practice that offers the opportunity to develop one’s identity as a scholar and also foster relationships, sense of belonging, confidence and inquisitive spirit, “a home for identity” (Lassig et al, 2013). The research hub has three parts: (1) Looking inward for our own improvement and growth. (2) Producing knowledge with staff, affiliated researchers, and Nashers. (3) Inviting researchers into Sadie Nash to access data, engage with participants in our program, and coordinate with affiliated community-based organizations for research. Our goal is to also create an internal IRB process that maintains the integrity of our organization and participants while engaging with external researchers. In this paper presentation, we will present an overview of our vision and work thus far, and also present alongside affiliated scholars carrying out research under the newly launched research hub.

Authors

• Chitra Aiyar, Sadie Nash Leadership Project

• Ja'Dell Davis, Sadie Nash Leadership Project