CU Public Achievement

06/06/2022

What is Public Achievement to you?

Our program and course is still recruiting those interested in working alongside youth to engage
in community based research and community organizing around issues of injustice in their schools and communities. To learn more about applying and joining EDUC 2919: Renewing Democracy in Communities Schools aka Public Achievement, email Program Director Soraya Latiff at [email protected]

we are the ones we’ve been waiting for ❤️

05/23/2022

“Engaging young people is so important because we’re the ones who are going to be living through the changes that are happening right now, but we aren’t necessarily the people with the formal decision-making authority,” said Dani Lee, a CU Boulder junior and one of the undergraduate coaches working with the Centaurus students on the course. “One thing that’s so empowering is that adults are listening to us and to our students.”

Students in CU Boulder’s Public Achievement program and Centaurus High School are joining forces to increase ethnic studies offerings for area youth.

08/20/2021

Swipe through to see coach reflections on their time in the PA class and program and times our class and practicum (where you work alongside youth) will take place for fall 2021. There are two class times and several practicums foe you to engage in.

Our Public Achievement (PA) Program is looking for undergraduates interested in working alongside K-12 students on social justice issues in their communities throughout the 2021-2022 school year!

If you are interested in the program, please email [email protected] or DM us!

https://www.colorado.edu/publicachievement/

02/23/2021

High school and college students interested in joining CU Engage program or course this summer or fall should join the PA team and other program leaders on March 2nd at 12pm for our Virtual Open House. The Aquetza program is free this summer for Chicano/x and Latino/x youth, come if you can to learn how to apply and get involved.

Join us March 2nd for CU Engage’s Virtual Open House! CU Engage collaborates with communities, schools, and organizations to address complex public challenges. From 12-12:40 we will be describing our programs such as Public Achievement, Leadership and Community Engagement Major, Leadership Studies Minor and INVST. This is for both high school and college students, Attendees will learn how to get involved or enrolled in LCE, LSM, INVST, and PA, this year and have time to ask questions to some of the programs' staff, faculty, and students.

The link to register is below and we look forward to seeing you there!

https://www.colorado.edu/cuengage/2020/05/27/attend-cu-engages-virtual-open-house-march-2nd

12/16/2020

Join us Thursday 5-6:30pm MST for our Virtual Showcase! Our students and staff will share the work and process of digital organizing done in community with middle, high school and college students this semester.

Join us for our some critical reflection, and radical joy and celebration. Register at:

https://cuboulder.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_D26D-Pb-SMiZVGyJmCA5Tw

Get all dressed up with PA and community as the destination or of course, come as you are ❤️ We hope you’ll join us!

11/19/2020

Are you undocumented, DACAmented or a TPS holder and on the path to college!? PA is working with Voces Unidas of Boulder County to support undocumented students in college prep. If you're interested please share and take this anonymous survey to receive support and guidance from undocumented leaders and current undocumented college students! Your responses will also help produce a resource guide for undocumented students. Thank you for sharing with us what you need on the path to college!

Take this survey to find out what additional help you need and how prepared you are to apply for college. This survey is opened to anyone who identifies as undocumented, non-citizens, DACA recipients, TPS. Disclaimer: Your responses will be kept confidential.

10/23/2020

PA is helping start a new youth chapter of the NAACP! The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was founded in 1909 in an in*******al effort for justice for African-Americans. Through building more relationships across BVSD and in Boulder county it's clear that there is a lack of spaces for Black and African-American youth ages 13-25 to connect on issues of civic engagement and social justice. If you are Black, African-American, or BIPOC and interested in joining and space like this please let us know and we will send you an application! We currently have PA alumni and students signed up as founding members! Please contact us if you'd like to join and share this with anyone who might be interested!

March 24, 2018 in Washington DC Video made by James Klynn

10/14/2020

Two of our incredible PA teaching assistants hosted and were on the panel of this webinar on mental health! Take care of yourselves everyone. We all have mental health and wellness and this issue impacts us all. Cuidense mucho!

SAM-Acción de Apoyo para la Salud Mental Latino-Latinx habla con adultos jóvenes sobre cómo COVID ha impactado su salud mental al discutir lo que han visto y...

09/30/2020

The Public Achievement network presents a 4 part webinar series on BLM, Voting Rights, inequities of COVID-19, and the Role of Youth in Social Change!

Join us tomorrow, Thursday October 1st from 4:30 - 5:30pm for our first webinar!

https://coloradopublicachievement.weebly.com