Dear Graduate Students, FYI, here's an event that may be of interest to some of you. Please see below and the attached flyer. Hope your spring semesters are going well so far! Best, Caroline -- Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Klapper Hall 604 Queens, NY 11367-1597 caroline.hong@qc.cuny.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear Colleagues, I am happy to announce the first workshop of the spring semester--and thrilled to have several youth researchers who will share their work and participate in this interactive session with us. Please see attached flyer! Kindly pass this on to your colleagues and students. *If your class meets at this time, please consider joining us as a group--just let me know you so we can plan accordingly!* *Students as Teachers: * *Leveraging Youth Voice for Academic and Civic Learning* *Wednesday, FEBRUARY 28TH 2018* *4:45-6:45 pm* (Pizza served at 4:35 pm) *President’s Conference Room 2, Rosenthal Library, Queens College* *This session will encourage participants to think about Youth Participatory Action Research as a curricular and pedagogical model that centers youth voice as part of a humanizing pedagogy in schools. Presenters share their expertise in leveraging dialogue, inquiry, and performance as pedagogical strategies for engaging the academic and civic identities of students.* As part of the Cyphers for Justice and QC College Now program, a team of high school youth, researchers, pre-service teachers, and university instructors came together to co-develop and direct research projects that featured exploration of social issues such as the impact of testing on students, the role of culturally relevant curriculum on student motivation, and violence in schools. This intergenerational approach leveraged Youth Participatory Action Research and culturally responsive methodologies to center youth as experts and advocates to enact change in their communities and their immediate educational contexts. *Dr. Danielle Filipiak* received her PhD in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and will be starting a tenure track position this fall as Assistant Professor of English Education at the University of Connecticut. Danielle’s publications and research interests span the fields of critical adolescent literacies, teacher education, and digital literacies. *Hosted by the Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services* *Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and* *the Office of the Dean of Education* *Dr. Limarys Caraballo* *Assistant Professor of English Education* Queens College, *Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services* *Graduate Center, Urban Education Doctoral Faculty Consortium* *City University of New York* *Senior Research Fellow * *Cyphers for Justice Co-Director* Institute for Urban and Minority Education Teachers College, Columbia University *A movement is born out of the convergence of dire conditions, a powerful idea, and people committed to carrying out that idea. -Archbishop Desmond Tutu* *​ *