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Our Voice Academy

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Our Voice Alliance  is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to elevating marginalized voices and perspectives to improve equity & empathy in education. We do this through our flagship program, Our Voice Academy, a multi-day event and community aimed at empowering educators of color to gain greater visible leadership and recognized expertise.

Our Voice Academy is a multi-day event and community aimed at empowering educators of color to gain greater visible leadership and recognized expertise. This program gives these underrepresented educators support and a networked community to pursue public speaking, publication, and other publicly seen positions of recognition.

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warns us of the danger of the single story - that when we allow a single narrative to become pervasive, we further stereotypes and build walls between one another. Our Voice Academy helps marginalized voices tell those untold stories, and empowers those who are shaping our future - our educators - to gain increased cultural competence and deeper empathy.
 
The program focuses on three primary thematic areas: Access, Empathy and Leadership.

ACCESS: Increase access to expert platforms to gain visible leadership and more diverse representation

EMPATHY: Increase empathy and cultural competence for all educators by sharing untold stories of marginalized communities

LEADERSHIP: Build leadership by empowering voice, refining vision, and exploring how to mobilize movements

Read what past participants have to say about the Our Voice Academy experience .
 
Over the course of three cohorts to date, over 50 educators of color have been empowered to share their stories and better advocate for equity in education. By raising cultural awareness and competency for more educators, they are creating a movement to increase equitable practices for all students.

Please help us to raise the funds to run another Our Voice Academy cohort. Your contributions will allow us to elevate underrepresented voices and amplify these important untold stories. Together, we can improve empathy and equity in education.



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Donations 

  • Mayda N LeMoyne
    • $50 
    • 4 mos
  • Lena Tleib
    • $200 
    • 3 yrs
  • Lin Qi
    • $5 (Offline)
    • 4 yrs
  • Meera Raja
    • $30 (Offline)
    • 4 yrs
  • Megan Koehler
    • $50 (Offline)
    • 4 yrs
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