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Extending impact and expanding reach
Take your impact outcome to the next level. Seize the Moment is pleased to offer current Humanities Lab students the opportunity to apply for up to $1,000 for Lab outcomes to enhance their vision, reach wider audiences, and expand public impacts.
Through our mini-grant program, students have produced podcasts and videos, organized public events, built gardens, and more.
To learn more about Seize the Moment Amplifier mini-grants, you can keep reading to view past and current mini-grants. If you're a current student in a Humanities Lab course, you can learn more about applying.
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Pathways to Higher Education for Maryvale Students
Lab: Avanzando Education Pathways, Fall 2022Type: Website
Team: Adriana Gonzalez-Chavez, Lynette Hrabik, Nithya Raman, Joseph Rotella, Ethan Scheider
Our team is addressing the barriers that high school students in Maryvale may face when attending secondary education. Through research our team discovered that first-generation Latinx students face emotional and financial challenges that discourage them from attending a university. These challenges also make attending a university more difficult compared to other groups. Many of the students in the Maryvale community are part of the Latinx community and first-generation students graduating from high school. Close to 75 percent of the community is Hispanic. We believe building a website that can provide resources, representation and mentorship for the students of Maryvale can encourage them and support them to pursue secondary education. To address barriers to higher education, this website would provide resources to support students in various capacities. Since many Maryvale students are first-generation college students, the site will help students and their families understand financial aid, how to apply for college, and how to prepare for college. These resources will also be translated into Spanish so content is accessible for parents who are not fluent in English. We will also include a podcast that centers Latinx voices to help empower Latinx students. The site’s production is interdisciplinary and centers the humanities: it would be culturally-responsive, involve web design, include Spanish content to cater to Spanish speakers, and use storytelling to amplify Latinx narratives.
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