As part of Second Story Collective, we’re excited to invite Mantua residents, Drexel students, & interested community members to our first Placekeeping Community event on Sunday, May 19th from 2-4pm at Mantua Civic Association! We’ll have food, arts activities, & music! All free.

Great opportunity!! I can answer questions 😄

Our #AERA24 symposium was EARLY on a Sunday morning, and still, we came as our full selves, sharing joys and challenges of critical participatory research. Thanks to Div G and all who came and joined the conversation!

Incredibly honored to receive an Outstanding Dissertation Award Honorable Mention from AERA Division A at #AERA24 Grateful to have the work recognized & feeling the onus to put it into action/further dissemination. Our school business administrators are key to just resource access!!

Hey #AERA24 ! AERA Division L ! Support our advocacy for fully & fairly funded public schools in PA!!

Before you leave Philly #AERA24 , join us as we share our place-based work: “‘It’s a West Philly Thing': Conversations With Intergenerational Community-Driven Civic Action Research Collectives Pursuing Justice' - Tmrw 7:45 to 9:15am, Convention Cntr, Level 100, Rm 110A #AERA2024

As someone who until 5 yrs ago thought she gave up on the childhood dream of being a writer, seeing 2 books that I've coauthored chapters in displayed at #AERA24 brought me joy. That little girl never imagined she'd be not only authoring but doing so to impact systemic change

“No U-turn! The freedom to learn is the freedom to live” - Thank you Kimberlé Crenshaw for this call to “do the bending” of the arc towards justice #AERA2024

Not Johnny Saldaña saying this may be his last qual coding manual b/c AI got it from here!! 😱😭 Don’t worry, he also said, at this point, AI isn’t reaching the depth of nuance, cultural relevance, & criticality for theorizing... #qualresearch #AIishere

Welcome to Philly! #AERA24 #AERA2024
K. passed her proposal 🍉 & I put together a map of recs of food/things to do. It is not comprehensive, just some of our faves in + outside the conference area (leave the neighborhood😀).
Thanks to Sara Goldrick-Rab for contributing!
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Hey academic runners! If you’re looking to get a run in during #AERA2024 , I highly recommend the Schuylkill River Trail! Gorgeous run/walk/bike way along the river. One entrance is the stairs at 2400 Market St. Also check out ⁦Philadelphia Runner⁩ for gear! 🏃🏻‍♀️💨

Some personal news… I’m engaged!!!!! #phillylove

If you're looking for eclipse glasses right now you understand why same day voter registration is important

As a school funding policy wonk + podcast nerd, I was so excited to be interviewed for AERA AERA Division L 's podcast in Ep 1: 'Conversations with a Philadelphia-based School Funding Policy Expert' I say 'yea' a bunch but also some useful things! open.spotify.com/episode/1sVybD…

Next week at #AERA2024 , JoY Lab will share about many of our community-driven participatory action research projects in West Philadelphia! Come check us out at a Roundtable, Paper Pres, & a special Symposia where we'll host a panel discussion on CPAR methods! AERA

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott responds to being called the city’s “DEI mayor”

“What they mean by DEI, in my opinion, is duly elected incumbent.”

We can attest that the AEFP poster session is truly unmatched! Thankful for all the scholars who stopped by, engaged with our #mixedmethods study, & asked thoughtful questions - feeling energized! Appreciate all the encouragement & fellowship at #AEFP2024 Kimberly Sterin

Loving this mixed methods policy talk at #AEFP2024 . Legitimizing MMR as its own discipline, richly informing policy and practice! Kimberly Sterin Rachel S. White Stacey Pelika Angie Henneberger Zitsi Mirakhur Hayley Weddle

Way to go #AEFP2024 runners, walkers, and rollers!! Our 4th annual 5k is in the books! Thanks to sponsors Afton Partners and shout out to Paul Bruno for organizing with me - Next year in DC! AEFP

👟👟Hey #AEFP2024 runners!! See you at 6:30am tmrw morning right outside the Marriott on the brick promenade path for AEFP runs/walks/rolls! We’ll have donuts at the end!! 🍩😋 AEFP