The Plugging into Power initiative collaborates with families and community partners to co-design resources with and for parents to advocate for equitable CS and AI education. In December 2025, we released a free parent advocacy guide (pluggingintopower.org) available in English, Spanish, and accessible HTML version, and we are currently developing a parent workshop. In this session, members from the Plugging into Power research-practice partnership and the CAL-MSCS FACEinSTEM leadership team will share key principles and lessons learned that guide how we approach any Family and Community Engagement (FACE) initiative. You will walk away with research-based and practical frameworks, hear about trust-building and value-mapping activities, and learn what common challenges and misconceptions we’ve encountered as we work towards empowering parents, families, and community members as key stakeholders in the movement to bring CS to all California students.
