Assemblywoman Anna Caballero on Wednesday, June 6 recognized the
Greenfield Community Science Workshop (Greenfield CSW) as her District's
Non-Profit of the Year. The Greenfield CSW is a community-based organization
committed to enriching the educational experience of historically underserved
youth by providing them with a safe, fun, and stimulating environment where
they can explore their world through science.
The Greenfield CSW first began facilitating hands-on science
activities in local public spaces in 2011.
From the beginning, the goal of the program has been that of instilling in
their youth an academic appreciation for science. The Greenfield CSW has established a robust and
growing partnership with the Greenfield Union School District and with a number
of organizations in the region. The Greenfield CSW currently runs five major
programs across South Monterey County through which it serves 15,000 total
youth.
The core program of the Greenfield CSW, this is also what
sets the Greenfield CSW apart from other science centers, it’s drop-in program,
a making/learning space that is open-structured, open door, and free to
families:
•
Open-structure: Students are in charge, they get to decide
what to do and how to do it
•
Open door: Students and families can participate at any time
and level during the year
•
Free to families: Everybody can participate, regardless of
income
All other Greenfield CSW Programs follow a similar approach
to science learning, one that gives youth
the opportunity to
explore, discover, and
learn, using all
senses, from our
physical and natural world.
The Greenfield CSW is part of a state-wide network of
science workshops that have been serving youth in California’s most underserved
areas for more than 25 years. These organizations include
the Mission and Excelsior Science Workshops in San
Francisco, the Watsonville Environmental
Science
Workshop, the Fresno
Community Science Workshop,
and the Salinas
Community
Science Workshop.
The Greenfield CSW
is a program
of the City
of Greenfield (the
City), the City
provides
essential
support and services
that make the
existence and operation
of the Greenfield
CSW
possible.
Caballero will present a plaque to the Greenfield Community
Science Workshop during the grand opening of
her new office
in Soledad sometime in late June.
Caballero is a
strong advocate of agricultural
communities and families
and has vowed
to work with
organizations like the Greenfield
CSW to engage
kids of rural
communities with science,
with the hope
to
inspire them to
pursue an education
and career in
science, engineering, and
technology, particularly those having to do with agriculture.
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