Expanding Access to Education for the Deaf will strengthen education for deaf students in Ghana through public forums in marginalized regions of northern Ghana to address challenges to implementing Ghana’s Inclusive Education policy. The project will help the Ghana Education Service implement the national mandate that deaf students be included with their hearing counterparts in general education schools. This alumni team will engage diverse stakeholders, including deaf and hearing students, educators, parents, regional education officials, and media, to develop inclusive education strategies. (Alumni team: Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program)
Invitation to Success will increase career readiness for U.S. teens through a series of workshops about career possibilities, social media and basic website design, resume building, and budgeting basics. (Alumni team: Peace Corps)
Supporting Tunisian Students with Disabilities will provide teachers in Tunisia with concrete strategies for supporting students with diverse learning needs in the classroom through a workshop series and online coaching organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. The project will engage 30 educators, including primary and secondary teachers and college professors, to create a holistic approach for ensuring educational opportunities for students with disabilities. (Alumni team: Fulbright Specialist Program)
The Black Excellence Project seeks to improve literacy in disenfranchised communities in Washington, DC as a means of overcoming racial and economic achievement gaps. The alumni team will develop and implement an elective course open to 9th grade students of all racial and cultural backgrounds built around historical and contemporary Black figures who have made instrumental impact. Delving into social justice and strengthening identity, the project will build skills advantageous to all students in pursuit of college and career pathways. (Alumni team: Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Peace Corps, Fulbright U.S. Student Program)
Translating Migration: Poetry as Inclusive Dialogue will highlight migrant writers from different cultures, experiences, and geographic locations in a variety of countries including the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, The Philippines, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Russia, and the United Kingdom. Through writing workshops, 50 poets will reach an additional 750 to 1,000 emerging poets. The project will culminate with an anthology of poems about the migrant experience from writers around the world with accompanying English translations. (Alumni team: Critical Language Scholarship, Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange & Study (YES) Abroad)
Weaving Poems: Teaching Storytelling with "Cordel" will bring a Brazilian expert to the United States to introduce Brazilian cordel poetry to 400 students and 120 adults across the communities of Indianapolis, IN, and Hilton Head and Charleston, SC. The project will empower people in their communities to express themselves through "analog" storytelling, engage in face-to-face discussions about topics that matter, and learn about another culture by way of an accessible folk-art form. (Alumni team: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program)