Afterword
Agency by Design was made possible through the funding and strategic partnership of the Abundance Foundation
In January 2012, the Abundance Foundation was entering the local philanthropic scene, aware of our inexperience, but wide-eyed in our intention to support Oakland students and educators. We knew three things: We wanted to support schools in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland; we were deeply curious about the burgeoning maker movement in the Bay Area; and we were very excited about our early conversations with Project Zero. Beyond that, our driving purpose was to effect change for the many young people for whom education has fallen short.
What ensued was a three-year research project that led us to practice what was ultimately ...
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