655685 external_news 1645559279 1645634912 <![CDATA[BIPOC Youth Learn Map-Making to Build Disaster Resilience]]> Yanni Loukissas, assistant professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, and Allen Hyde, assistant professor in the School of History and Sociology, were featured in the article, "BIPOC Youth Learn Map-Making to Build Disaster Resilience," published on February 14, 2022, in Government Technology.

An excerpt:

In this program, we are developing a curriculum based on previous work our co-principal investigator Nisha Botchwey did to develop a youth advocacy program, called Youth Engagement and Action for Health (YEAH!), for middle school students around healthy communities. The new program will focus on disaster resilience and integrating community mapping workshops using Map Spot.

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