I am very honored to announce I will be keynoting the 2023 CSTA Annual conference in July! #CSTA2023

As an organization we’re taking this Women's History Month as an opportunity to honor the women of True Star and their courage to inspire and be great in all that they do. Tashay Dennie implemented the skills she acquired in True Star programs and used them in everyday life.

Provide resources to explore multiple pathways: field trips, guest speakers, job shadowing, informational interviews. Integrate work-based learning opportunities into K-12 settings & increase this in higher ed. Offer near-peer mentoring and coaching opportunities. #SoCapChat_CI

Check out our research brief, The Power of Social Capital, discussing the importance of measuring #socialcapital and its impact in helping young people secure education and employment opportunities. #SoCapChat_CI searchinstitute.org/resources-hub/…

Join us for a candid conversation with media and advertising mavens Louis Carr and Danielle Austen about the importance of young people gaining early access to training in digital media. 🗓️ May 11th | 6pm - 9pm Purchase tickets at truestarmedia.org

That feeling when the work pays off 👏🏾🥲❤️Young people showed our power and we are only just getting started. GoodKidsMadCity Healthy Hood Chicago The TRiiBE

Join folks from Columbia College Chicago on Thursday for their roundtable about youth empowerment on Chicago’s southside during the pandemic. TeenaSloane Yonty Friesem chicago learning exchange #AERADivJ #aera23 #AERA2023

Listen to this week's episode of Why Change?, in which co-hosts Ashraf and Jeff M. Poulin discuss Ashraf’s conversation with Sana Jafri from chicago learning exchange ow.ly/y2L650NOpJn #creativegeneration #whychange

Kids' Declining Mental Health Is the 'Crisis of Our Time,' Surgeon General Says edwk.it/3V5iWhY

Tomorrow, May 4th, 2023, at 10:00 am, ACT Now will be hosting our 21st CCLC Town Hall. To register for the town hall visit bit.ly/3NtSZae To send an action alert to your Illinois legislators on this matter, please visit p2a.co/grxm3kj

What?! Did you miss these amazing #educators + #parents on Remake Learning's #podcast? (#17-21) remakingtomorrow.libsyn.com/website ✨Lasse Leponiemi (HundrED.org) ✨Dana Winters, PhD (Fred Rogers Institute) ✨david miyashiro (CajonValleyUSD) ✨Valerie Truesdale + Mort Sherman (AASA) ✨Sana Jafri

On May 26th, join ICOY for their biweekly Child Welfare Coalition Call, to discuss key changes in the child welfare and youth-led arena. Register today at icoyouth.org/event/child-we…

At our May meetup, we are sharing a recap with Department of STEM | Chicago Public Schools sharing out what #CS #OST opportunities exist in #chicago’s K-12 ecosystem as part of our community of practice! Shout out to CME Group Foundation!

We are happy to support chicago learning exchange to promote greater collaboration across the computer science space in Chicago!

Come to PlayMakeLearn for pre-conference workshops on failure, puzzles, improv and assessment, to name a few. July 19th. Join Agency by Design Pittsburgh, Madison Bubbler, MIT Game Lab, MIT Education Arcade, Minneapolis Institute of Art and others. They're filling up. playmakelearn.org #makered #tinkering

Making May 23 (#143Day + #143DayInPA) a holiday would do more than foster nice feelings, it would call us to be the neighbors and the nation we long to be. It doesn't have to be make-believe. TIME time.com/6049970/143-da…

The Chicago Children's Museum will be having a free museum days tomorrow, May 25th! Visit for free admission for families and children (ages 10 and under)!

The University of Chicago Harris Policy Civic Leadership Academy at UChicago Welcome to the 2024 Civic Leadership Academy at UChicago cohort, Sana Jafri from chicago learning exchange!

Brother Mike Awards 2024 is here! CLX is proud to present our annual award dedicated to recognizing OST leaders in Chicago. Do you know an unsung OST hero who might be eligible? Nominate them (or yourself) today: bit.ly/BMA2024APPLY