Empowering Communities Through Diversity: How To Hire Multilingual and Immigrant Staff To Transform Adult Education

Author(s): Lori Pickett, Alaska Literacy Program

In Part 3 of the Forum titled “The Power of Equity and the Future of Adult Education” the author discusses the need to promote the benefits of an immigrant workforce. Pickett’s perspective provides a concrete example of how, by paying homage to their experiences, programs can both retain – and uplift – immigrant staff and remove barriers to their leadership, illustrating how investing in programs, DEI, and creating a sense of community can benefit the field.

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