Despite Silicon Valley's affluent reputation, Rolland Janairo says that 'there are thousands of kids…who don't necessarily have access to that wealth.'
Rolland Janairo talks with Fabiola Diaz Lopez , a high school junior debater from the Silicon Valley Urban Debate League, at the Mightier Tomorrow event launching Newsweek's partnership with the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues in New York City on April 14.
He has previously worked as a preschool teacher and was the associate director of teacher development at the national early education organization Jumpstart for Young Children, as well as the director of playmaker operations at the Life is Good Playmaker Project, which provides training, tools and coaching to support early childhood professionals. He also served as the chief operating officer at education nonprofit World Savvy before joining SVUDL in 2018.
"Their willingness to engage with these topics is inspiring, and it gives me hope for the future, quite honestly," he added."It's less about necessarily winning rounds, but about building those skills." He said the league faced an existential question:"If we don't adapt now and prove to the education ecosystem that we deserve to be a part of it and are valuable contributors to it, we're done."
SVUDL serves schools with at least 60 percent of students from low-income backgrounds and works with school administrators and staff to provide resources for these programs, helping eliminate the cost to student debaters and teachers. This includes giving teacher-coaches a stipend and covering the cost of travel to tournaments for students.
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