Dorothy DeBerry Venable Digital Lab
Calfee Training School teacher Dorothy DeBerry Venable tells a story about showing up to a meeting of white Pulaski County second grade teachers in the 1950s. The school administration officials were surprised when she arrived, but allowed her to remain. In that meeting, Miss DeBerry learned about the books and equipment available to her white counterparts and, undeterred, she proceeded to submit requests to the school board for the same materials for her Black students. Shockingly for the time, she received the materials she requested and her students benefited.
In the spirit of Mrs. DeBerry Venable, the CCCC will house a 2,000 sq. ft. learning lab of high quality digital equipment including at least thirteen computer stations. This technology will facilitate digital literacy classes ranging from basic skills to more advanced digital editing and programming.