Advocacy – Activate CTE https://activatecte.com Advocating for Student & Educator Success: Transform your organization's Career and Technical Education program with ActivateCTE Sun, 16 Aug 2026 23:10:17 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://activatecte.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-White-2-32x32.png Advocacy – Activate CTE https://activatecte.com 32 32 What I Wish People Understood About Being a Student Leader with a Disability https://activatecte.com/what-i-wish-people-understood-about-being-a-student-leader-with-a-disability/ Wed, 28 May 2025 05:38:00 +0000 https://activatecte.com/?p=2031 Most people see the stage, the blazer, and the confident speeches.What they don’t see is how much it takes to stand there.What I wish people understood is this: being a student leader with a disability doesn’t come with fewer expectations. It often comes with more — more scrutiny, more second-guessing, more pressure to “prove” you belong.We like to think discrimination doesn’t happen to student…

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]]> What Every Student Leader Should Know About Standing Their Ground https://activatecte.com/what-every-student-leader-should-know-about-standing-their-ground/ Wed, 07 May 2025 21:24:43 +0000 https://activatecte.com/?p=1790 We run for office to serve, not to struggle, to represent others, build something meaningful, and give back to our communities. But sometimes, after all the forms are signed and the work begins, something shifts. And the systems that were supposed to support us begin to fall silent—or turn against us altogether. In a healthy learning environment, policies should exist to protect fairness…

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