Homies Empowerment HECHOS

Ms. Jazmín Preciado, Mexica(n) raised in East Oakland, graduate of Castlemont High, architect and math teacher trained at UC Berkeley, is now a public interest law graduate with a Juris Doctor from USF! Preciado also serves as a Homies Board Member and we are extremely proud of her! La Sra. Jazmín Preciado, Mexica(na), criada enContinue reading "Homies Board Member Jazmín Preciado gets Juris Doctor"

Aug. 15-College of Marin- As we, at Homies Empowerment, are designing a high school, it was important for us to learn from 3 to 5-year-olds, and learn from child development centers about how much thought they put into making the learning environment very "developmentally appropriate" for kids. That doesn't have to end when we getContinue reading "Learning from 3 yr olds as we design a High School"

Co-Director of School OPS Rubi Pelayo from Homies Empowerment traveled from Oakland to Vista, CA to meet some of the Co-Founders of Homie Universidad Popular (UP).  While there, we visited their Headquarters where the community attends weekly meetings to learn about Ethnic Studies and Mental Health while also learning and embracing their Latin@/Xican@/Indigenous roots andContinue reading "Journey with Homie UP (Universidad Popular)"

NISN Fellows on our final day of August't gathering at NACA Imagine if we were designing a school built on CULTURAL RELEVANCE (These come from COSA in South Dakota from Dr. Roger Bordeaux). We are hoping to design HECHOS this way. The learning climate reflects a positive cultural image. Specific tribal culture, history, and languageContinue reading "School Design through an Indigenous Lens"

NISN Fellows w/ elder Bernard Suina in Cochiti Rez, New Mexico. Over the last two days these amazing fellows have opened up about where we get our medicine (fire/drive) from. We visited Cochiti Rez and spent time learning about the Keres Children's Learning Center. We heard about an Indigenous Montessori Institute that teachers can applyContinue reading "Indigenous Education and our School Vision/Mission, Day 2/3 NISN"

Gathering of the NACA staff and NISN fellows in Albuquerque. Day 1 August 5, ‘19 Duta explains the medicine wheel as a model of how students/staff reflect on areas of their lives. Homies Empowerment was chosen to join Native American Community Academy's NISN School Design Lab. Dr. César Cruz has journeyed from Oakland to ABQContinue reading "Day 1 ALB NACA/ NISN"