Co-lead on university wide project seeking APLU IEP designation. Actions include conversations with internal and external stakeholders regarding Michigan State University relationship and initiatives in community and economic development with emphasi...

The goal of the Opioid Prevention Education Network through Michigan State University (OPEN-MSU) is to build the capacity of local efforts to create or expand opioid prevention, intervention, and treatment opportunities for low-income communities. OP...

I direct the MSU Community Engagement Scholars Program (in it's 5th year in 2020). This involves supervising and mentoring 1 graduates student and 10-15 undergrads in their year-long intensive experiences with community partners in Michigan communiti...

Audience: Class of 2026 for both Lansing School District & Waverly Community Schools. Purpose: Career Exploration is one of the pillars of the federal GEAR UP Grant, and the work plan we follow. Goals: Created a poll to discuss career specific para...

Audience: Class of 2026 for both Lansing School District & Waverly Community Schools Purpose: Career Exploration is one of the pillars of the federal GEAR UP Grant, and the work plan we follow. Goals: Created and exhibited an original slide show, ...

Audience: Class of 2026 for both Lansing School District Purpose: Career Exploration (with Finance emphasis for this workshop) is one of the pillars of the federal GEAR UP Grant, and the work plan we follow. Goals: Created and exhibited an "Extreme...

Audience: Class of 2026 for both Waverly Community Schools Purpose: Career Exploration is one of the pillars of the federal GEAR UP Grant, and the work plan we follow. Goals: Created and exhibited an original slide show, spotlight young BIPOC entre...

Audience: Class of 2026 for both Lansing School District & Waverly Community Schools Purpose: SEL (Social Emotional Learning) via identification and exploration of one's own learning style, success habits, and self-awareness is one of the pillars of...

Audience: Class of 2026 for both Lansing School District & Waverly Community Schools Purpose: Career Exploration is one of the pillars of the federal GEAR UP Grant, and the work plan we follow. By having previous participants share their own career ...

Audience: Class of 2026 for both Lansing School District & Waverly Community Schools Purpose: Summer Programming (to help prevent "summer learning loss") is one of the pillars of the federal GEAR UP grant, and the work plan we follow. Goals: To dev...

Audience: Class of 2026 for both Lansing School District & Waverly Community Schools Purpose: Increasing Literacy (in all formats) is one of the pillars of the federal GEAR UP Grant, and the work plan we follow. Goals: GEARUP did three bookmobiles ...

Talent Search works with 6th grade through 12th grade student in the Lansing School District. It works to expose young people to college and non-college careers.

GU works to encourage and assist a cohort of students in the Lansing School District beginning in the 7th grade and following them through graduation. It's aim is to expose students to college, careers and positive after high school jobs.

MSUvote is a non-partisan campus committee whose mission it is to increase the number of registered student voters, to inform and educate students on candidates and issues, and to bolster student participation on Election Day. This is where our regis...

Academic Year programs for gifted children in grades 6-9 taught by MSU faculty. The curriculum is accelerated for middle and early HS students to complete credit based classes in math, english and foreign languages. Students will complete four to fiv...

I am conducting an evaluation of the Flint Leverage Points Project. The evaluation is designed to determine the extent to which the project is meeting its stated goals and objectives. Evaluative findings, conclusions and recommendations contribute to...

Conducting a five-year participatory, utilization-focused evaluation of the Flint Leverage Points Project. Working collaboratively with researchers and community members, identified evaluation questions of greatest importance to stakeholders and work...

The Alianza is a national, intergenerational network that uses research, storytelling, and advocacy to uplift Indigenous/Latinx youth visibility, building a movement to replace youth injustice systems with long-term solutions rooted in cultura, comun...

The Greater Flint Coronavirus Taskforce on Racial Inequities is committed to bringing awareness, analysis, and action to the root causes of disparities during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in order to ensure racial equity within and across organiza...

Launched in 2016, Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation is a comprehensive, national, and community-based process to plan for and bring about sustainable change and address the historic and contemporary effects of racism.

Formed during the water crisis, this multisector network continues to be tasked with creating trusted recovery communication to Flint residents, especially those who are hard to reach. The group meets biweekly, receiving updates from the City of Flin...

Capacity-building for community organizations and local governments to support opioid prevention and treatment efforts.

Partnership with Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan and Michigan Tribes to explore the cultural supports for the development of young children.

Presented community-engaged learning professional development workshops with local community partner organizations.

Presented community-engaged learning professional development workshops with local community partner organizations.