CFK Education Solutions

CFK Education Solutions is a subsidiary of Crane Financial, LLC. We provide K-12 educational solutions as well Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) consulting to K-12 school districts, universities, and for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Our primary consultants, Dr. Felicia Fullilove and Jaqueline Tucker, Esq., deliver impactful workshops with care, expertise and full appreciation of the challenges encountered and support needed when doing organizational change.

Our DEI consulting functions under the three primary tenets of: Acknowledge, Reflect, and Act. These tenets work towards understanding and eliminating institutional and structural racism. Collectively, this work is critical in advancing racial equity and closing the racial wealth gap.

Acknowledge: The first step towards eliminating institutional and structural racism is to acknowledge its existence. Institutional and structural racism are pervasive in America. Every organization has been complicit in upholding racism through its policies and practices. The road to anti-racism begins with acknowledgement.

Reflect: A critical step in advancing racial equity is to reflect how we’ve all contributed to upholding institutional and structural racism. Reflection can be difficult and uncomfortable, but is critical in understanding our roles in the larger system.

Act: Acknowledgement and Reflection are incomplete without actionable and measurable steps to eliminate institutional and structural racism and advance racial equity.

Throughout our process we assess the progression of the organization towards understanding concepts related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Collectively, our approaches work towards building the capacity of organizations and institutions to eliminate institutional and structural racism and advance racial equity with the goal of closing the racial wealth gap.

Jaqueline Tucker is an innovative and compassionate millennial with a heart for servant leadership, civic engagement, community uplift, law, policy, and politics. Jaqueline joins GARE as a former educator who witnessed the injustice of systemic educational inequity firsthand in her Houston, TX classroom.

Jaqueline is a Texas bar certified attorney who also brings previous experiences as a legal associate (Deloitte and Touche), a FOIA attorney (USDA), a community organizer (Families Empowered), and a congressional aide for multiple members of Congress. Jackie has a B.A. in Political Science from Butler University and a J.D. from Howard University School of Law.

Dr. Felicia Fullilove, a Lake County, IN native and East Chicago Central 2004 graduate, is a program manager for the American Chemical Society and former (2018-2020) American Association for the Advancement of Science Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Science Foundation (NSF) where she worked towards broadening the participation of underrepresented groups (women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color) in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. A former Lecturer of Chemistry at Spelman College and NSF Center for Selective C-H Functionalization (NSF-CCHF) Communicating Chemistry Postdoc at Emory University, Felicia has expertise in communicating scientific concepts to technical and non-technical audiences as well as working towards understanding the systemic barriers plaguing the full participation of underrepresented groups in the scientific enterprise.

A 2004 Eli Lilly Scholar, 2012 recipient of the NSF Problems and Research to Integrate Science and Mathematics (PRISM) Fellowship, and 2017 National Conference Chair for National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Felicia has a passion for diversifying the STEM enterprise, STEM education and the mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students. Felicia holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Butler University and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Emory University.

We had the honor of co-sponsoring a community event hosted by The E’Twaun Moore Foundation. This event was held in East Chicago, IN at the Shrine Center. Being offered was a free Thanksgiving dinner for the community, open to all. Dozens of families were served and we hope to continue sponsoring, and hosting, such events in the future.

Community Thanksgiving 2019

Tax the Block is another education opportunity, created by our team at Crane Financial. Tax the Block is our financial literacy “boot camp” and is key to pointing you in the right direction to taking control of your finances. Keep an eye open for future Tax the Block events and seminars, coming to you soon.

Tax the Block

Crane Financial Holiday Drive

Since 2018, Crane Financial has raised money to provide gifts for Northwest Indiana families in need. We’ve asked our communities to join us in bringing the holiday spirit to the less fortunate, and have successfully completed that mission over the last 3 years. Thank you to everyone that’s participated in the Crane Financial Holiday Drive.