Youth Equity Stewardship: Creating Schools That Work For All of Us
Benjie Howard & Dr. Cicely Warren
Interactive Workshop | 8:30 – 10:00 AM
The future of school excellence belongs to communities that shift from responding to students toward sharing in power WITH them. Youth Equity Stewardship is an arts-based process offering vision and strategies for centering student voice and agency to advance educational equity. Through musical expression, video storytelling, conversation, and interaction, Benjie Howard, co-founder of Youth Equity Stewardship (YES) and Dr. Cicely Warren, Asst. Supt. of Paterson Community Schools will share an experience of multi-racial vibrancy and the possibility of intergenerational partnerships in schools. Dr. Warren will share her leadership experience with empowering youth ambassadors alongside adults to be creative innovators and empowered change agents at the decision-making table.