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Building Trust and Cultivating Connection, Leadership, and Empowerment in a Community‐Based Program
Author(s) -
BienGund Susannah,
Elrowmeim Somia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.20356
Subject(s) - empowerment , literacy , public relations , pedagogy , sociology , educational leadership , process (computing) , political science , law , computer science , operating system
In this chapter, the former and current directors of adult education at the Arab American Association of New York (AAANY) discuss strategies from their shared process of fostering community, student leadership, and empowerment in AAANY's community‐based literacy program. Amid the challenges for learners and the program connected to the 2016 election and a limited funding landscape, the authors share ways in which students and staff worked together to celebrate, connect, and learn from each other.