"In order to successfully prepare our students for future opportunities, we need to allow them to be intersectional in their thinking and creative activities," says Juliana Goodlaw-Morris, director of the sustainability program at California State San Marcos.
That's why the university has launched Planet Mentorship, a paid mentorship program for students of color who want to fight climate change, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
The idea is that by combining data visualization with art, they'll be able to better understand climate change and its effects on marginalized communities.
"We thought about the kind of change we wanted to grow and where to focus our joint mentorship," says Lucy Solomon, a faculty fellow at CSUSM's Center ARTES and one of the program's co-creators.
Planet Mentorship is a joint effort between the university's Office of Inclusive Excellence, the sustainability program, and Center ARTES.
"The articulate, creative visions expressed by participating students reveal the transformative potential of this unique program," says Ariel Stevenson, deputy diversity officer in CSUSM's Office of Inclusive Excellence.
"We thought about the kind of change we wanted to grow and where to focus our joint mentorship," adds Goodlaw-Morris, who notes that CSUSM is "positioning
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