2024-2025 EOY Report - Flipbook - Page 10
Affirming
North Carolina Equity Fellows
Our North Carolina Equity Fellowship is part of our mission to make schools and educators more culturally a昀케rming and
equitable in practice and approach. The objective of the fellowship is to develop leaders who are equipped to reverse the trends of racial
inequity by turning thoughts into action. This year, CREED welcomed 9 Equity Fellows.
Jackie Aponte,
Post-Secondary
Fellow
Carol Bono,
Media Fellow
Triahnna Miles,
Learning
Di昀昀erences Fellow
Mary DiggsGarris,
Teacher/Educator
Fellow
Michele MooreFelix,
Teacher/Educator
Fellow
Ivana Hanson,
Post-Secondary
Fellow
Tamika Morris,
School Leader
Fellow
Nada
Merghani,
Media Fellow
Raketa
OuedraogoThomas,
District/Equity
Fellow
The Equity Fellows completed capstone projects relevant to their individual 昀椀elds of work. Their projects included: Semillas (Bono);
Knowledge Can Be Powerful (Diggs-Garris); Naming & Reclaiming the Invisible Native Student: An Action Toolkit (Hanson); Informed and
Involved: Parents’ Power in Special Education (Miles); Creative Justice Lab (Moore-Felix); The Power of Us: Radical Witnessing and
Educator Narratives as Justice Praxis (Ouedraogo- Thomas).
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