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My Passion for Education

This summer, Equity Intern Kennidie shares how her work with young Power Scholars in the Western Addition has provided an opportunity to question her future role as an educator, the education system, and the teaching work field. Her recent classroom experience here and in her ancestral homeland of Guam reinforce her belief in the need…

Incite Change, Stand Up

Imani Im, a rising senior majoring in Critical Diversity Studies with minors in Communication Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies shares her experience becoming an Equity Intern. After studying abroad in Morocco, she found passion in working with students after teaching English to youth for a semester. This led her to apply for the Equity…

Closing the Achievement Gap

In this week’s blog, USF Presidential Fellow within the Leo T. McCarthy Center, Chuck Collins describes how the Equity Interns program began with the help of his colleagues dating back from 2019. Keep reading to find out how the program has evolved each year to combat injustices within the educational system and its upcoming celebration…

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