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Applications are now open for nonvoting student and teacher members of the Kentucky Board of Education! The selected members will serve a one-year term from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. More info on eligibility and application requirements: bit.ly/StudentTeacher… #KyEd

Kentucky Students Identify Opportunities for School Improvement in New Coping with Covid Statewide Report ksvt.org/updates/kentuc…

NEW: Want to make Kentucky schools safer? Here’s what the experts — the students — recommend. courier-journal.com/story/news/edu…

[1/4] The Confession ( a short thread) I must be honest. I must confess. I am guilty. The system has failed to reform me. I am a lost cause. From FL to GA to KY, at points between and beyond, I am considered a criminal . . . an outlaw. Why? . . .

Students must be at the center of an equitable transition to #ElectricSchoolBuses! #CleanRide4Kids | Solyana Mesfin

👥 Applications are open for the nonvoting student member of the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE). Learn more about the role and the requirements for student members: bit.ly/StudentTeacher… #KyEd #StuVoiceKY #UnitedWeLearnKY

🚨🚨🚨#Race4Justice Returns🚨🚨🚨 Sign Up and help us spread the word!! FutureAncestors502.org

The grind does not stop. Our team marches over from the rally to meet with Casey Parker-Bell from KET in their studio in the Capitol Annex. Catch a peak of this interview with Legislative Coordinator @Hayden61922493 and KBEs 1st student board member Solyana Mesfin below!

If you're feeling like #stuvoiceky is having a moment, it's not your imagination. No fewer than 3 Ky thought leaders are cited in this story about the growing presence of students on school boards. For good reason. Solyana Mesfin andrew e. brennen Vicki Phillips educationnext.org/districts-stat…

Happy International Women's Day! Today we celebrate the achievements and contributions of women around the world. Let's recognize the amazing women in our own lives and commit to supporting and empowering women everywhere. Together, we can create a brighter future. #StuVoiceKY

“We have no student-voice movement unless we have every type of student represented,” -Solyana Mesfin, the Kentucky state board’s first student member Caroline Hendrie via Education Next: bit.ly/3kZvutM

For Education Next, I explore a national push to empower high school students to make education policy. Get ready: this relatively little-known issue may be coming to a #SchoolBoard near you. Ft andrew e. brennen Georgia Youth Justice Coalition for Action Vicki Phillips Solyana Mesfin et al educationnext.org/districts-stat…

Cities United proudly announces the Young Leaders selected for the 2023 Cohort of the Young Leader Fellowship. Join us in welcoming these young leaders to the Cities United family & check back here for individual highlights of each YLF throughout the month! #CUTrailBlazers

The youth will get us free. Thank you Cities United for believing and investing in youth across the country.

We were thrilled to welcome members of our #ElectricSchoolBus Advisory Council in Washington, D.C. this week for an in-person meeting – and a ride on a #CleanRide4Kids!

NAACP Derrick Johnson Abre' Conner It was great to see our three Advisory Council co-chairs, Solyana Mesfin, Harold Wimmer and Gil Rosas, all together in one place. They’re helping to lead the charge toward an equitable transition to #ElectricSchoolBuses across the country. 🚍 ⚡

R.J. Osborne, a junior from Whitley County, will join the Kentucky Board of Education as the next student member! He will also serve on KDE Commissioner's Student Advisory Council. His commitment to his community and passion for education make him a perfect fit for these roles. Read: bit.ly/OsborneFeature

COMING SOON! YES, it’s real! I’m joining the “Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute” as the “Baldwin-King Scholar-in-Residence”! YES, I’m bringing the legacies of James Baldwin and MLK with me! YES, we’re launching a serious new project! YES, you should follow UofL's Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute! 😀