The main insight that I came away with is that Earth La Flor is going through an identity crisis. They know loosely what they want but are unsure of how to get there. I think each of our projects rang true on some levels of what they wanted (curriculum, innovation, advocacy, etc.) but how the pieces fit in were fuzzy. Community engagement and advocacy seemed to be a large part of their commitment but they seemed to shy away from political and controversial issues (perhaps because they are still building enough political capital to approach these issues). This strengthens my belief for the need of innovation research and ethical advocacy should to be a part of that. I believe that through the development of research based solutions, they are capable of approaching these issues in an influential way.
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