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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 develop leaders equipped to reverse the trends of racial inequity by turning
thoughts into action. This year, CREED welcomed 8 equity fellows, making it our largest cohort to date.
Kumar Sathy,
Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion
Fellow
Sabreen
Mutawally,
School Leader
Fellow
Esther Mateo
Orr,
Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion
Fellow
Courtney
Higgins,
Cheri Fennell,
Kimberly
Crutcher,
Alvin C.
Jacobs Jr.,
Eduardo
Haynes,
District Fellow
Educator Fellow
Media Fellow
Educator Fellow
Board Fellow
The Equity Fellows completed capstone projects relevent to their individual 昀椀elds of work. Their projects included: Centering Equity
in the Central O昀케ce: A toolkit for Equity-Focused Central O昀케ce Leaders (Sathy), Teacher Recruitment, Retention and Development:
A Guidebook for Recruiting Educators to Match School Demographics (Mateo Orr), Creating Legacy DEI Plans for Charter Schools
(Haynes), ACT Now Mentorship Program Expansion (Mutawally), Matching Success with Access (Fennell), Teacher-Led Equity Initiatives
(Crutcher), and A Promise Deferred: Exploring Urban Black High School Students' Access to Dual Enrollment (Higgins).
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