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Entremezclando Sueños: Reimagining Education Through Community-Centered Program Evaluations, Cassandra Hernandez
Entremezclando Sueños: Reimagining Education Through Community-Centered Program Evaluations, Cassandra Hernandez
CMC Senior Theses
This thesis fuses Chicane Latine Studies (CLS) and Public Policy methodologies to explore how student-centered organizations can incorporate Decolonial Feminism into their program evaluation pedagogy. In today’s society, the political economy, influenced by structural biases, gravely impacts marginalized communities by overlooking holistic wellbeing as a valid priority. Embodying Decolonial Feminism can help community organizations fight back against systemic inequities and redefine for themselves their existence. A starting point is adjusting how organizations conduct program evaluations. Using Chicana Latina Feminista (CLF) Pláticas, concepts from these pláticas culminated into a collaborative decolonial feminist program evaluation guide called "Entremezclando Sueños." This guide serves …
Fighting For The Heart Of The Mission District: Multiracial Community Organizing And Anti-Displacement Movements, Anachristina Arana
Fighting For The Heart Of The Mission District: Multiracial Community Organizing And Anti-Displacement Movements, Anachristina Arana
Master's Projects and Capstones
My research discusses the history of gentrification and displacement in San Francisco, which has been created through a legacy of intentional policymaking, city planning, and land-use decision-making across the city and state. This study centers the collective power and expertise of multiracial, multicultural community-based organizations and coalitions dedicated to the work of tackling these systemic issues in the Mission District of San Francisco. To learn about the impact of multiracial community organizing, I pose the following research question: How do multiracial community-based organizations work to disrupt gentrification and displacement, and create meaningful change to support impacted community members in the …
The Affordable Housing Crisis In Kingston, Ny: Knowledge Is Power, Madeline Rose Millerick
The Affordable Housing Crisis In Kingston, Ny: Knowledge Is Power, Madeline Rose Millerick
Senior Projects Spring 2022
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.