Centering Culture & Equity Through Community Engagement and Evaluation

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Summary

Gain ideas and resources to design learning opportunities that uplift equity, varied identities, cultures, and communities. This interactive session interweaves NAAEE’s Community Engagement Guidelines with culturally responsive, equitable evaluation through the eeVAL project. Some understanding of evaluation and justice is encouraged. Ideally, participants join as teams of two from an organization/community context.

Sub Unit

• ee360+

Presenters

• Jean Chimbirima Kayira, State University of New York–College of Environmental Science & Forestry

• Susana C Mateos, Antioch University New England

• Libby McCann, Antioch University New England

• Luciana Ranelli, Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve

• Katie Lamoreaux, Youth Garden Project

Non-Attending Contributor

• Bora Simmons, National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education