June 5th, 2017 | RESEARCH
With support from NSF/AISL, the Exploratorium held the Generating Engagement and New Initiatives for All Latinos (GENIAL) Summit on June 5-6, 2017, in San Francisco, California.
The goals of the GENIAL Summit were to:
- Identify needs and opportunities for Latinos in informal science learning (ISL) environments.
- Facilitate and strengthen professional relationships.
- Identify recommendations and actionable insights with an outlook toward the future.
- Contribute to a more informed ISL field.
A total of 91 participants, a mix of practitioners, community leaders, media specialists, government officials, policy professionals, and researchers from across the United States and Puerto Rico participated in the Summit.
This is the list of participants who attended the Summit, with brief biographies.
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Team Members
Isabel Hawkins, Principal Investigator, ExploratoriumVeronica Garcia-Luis, Co-Principal Investigator
Amy Oates, Project Staff
Liliana Blanco, Project Staff
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: AISL
Award Number: 1611143
Funding Amount: $249,895.00
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Generating Engagement and New Initiatives for All Latinos (GENIAL): Informal Science Education Para Todos
Tags
Access and Inclusion: Ethnic | Racial | Hispanic | Latinx Communities
Audience: Administration | Leadership | Policymakers | Evaluators | Learning Researchers | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
Resource Type: Conference Proceedings | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Conferences | Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Professional Development and Workshops