Doors Opening at Humanities Amped

What are you looking forward to in your new role at Humanities Amped?

I'm looking most forward to working with everyone to create socially aware leaders and to learn from students. I'm also looking forward to being part of a movement to bring the power of stories, creativity, and equity to this community.
 

Why does the mission of Humanities Amped matter to you? 

This mission matters because creativity and the ability to tap fearlessly into that energy can change the world. “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” James Baldwin once said that. The mission of HA is fighting against these power structures.

As Program Director Dr. Grover will plan and implement initiatives like Community Care to provide social and emotional learning and restorative supports, as well as dynamic leadership opportunities, to the students we serve.

The start of each new school year is always a busy time for us, and 2021 has certainly been no exception. The East Baton Rouge Public School System’s new social and emotional learning initiative fits so well with Amped’s commitments to healing centered and culturally responsive learning that they’ve asked us to help create a social and emotional learning community lab school. Humanities Amped is excited to share with you that we are now in residence at Broadmoor Senior High School! 

As you know, our work can only thrive in community, and this move to a single school site means that we will be able to work deeply with students, teachers, administrators, and families, as well as EBRPSS, to realize the vision of a community lab school for social and emotional learning. Over the last month we have engaged with faculty and staff to begin drafting a vision for what we’re collectively calling Broadmoor’s radical imagination of what education can and should be, and we look forward to the start of Amped Studio Afterschool in which we invite students to transform the world, through project-based action research, and to transform themselves, through tutoring and supports.