Imagine one of the biggest days of your life: your high school graduation. Imagine walking across the stage and getting handed your diploma and shaking your principal’s hand. You look out in the audience with a huge smile, searching for the proud, shining faces of your family, the very people you have been waiting toContinue reading The Fight Is Not Over: Four Students’ Journey to Becoming Activists
By Ella G. My dad opened a pretty cool envelope on the kitchen counter this morning. It was a letter from the Maryland State House, and it listed all the accomplishments of the legislative session that ran between January 10th and April 9th. In only three months, the Maryland legislature passed comprehensive gun reform, includingContinue reading Shifting the Paradigm: A Teen’s Lobbying Experience
Once again we are witnessing a Youthquake…the unique influence of young advocates on their peers, parents, policymakers, the press and the public at large. DACA Dreamers, Black Lives Matter, Earth Guardians and most recently the #NeverAgain students refuse to be intimidated. These activists are shaming and motivating those in positions of power. We are notContinue reading A Seismic Shift for Systemic Change
“We need mood detectors, not metal detectors.” In memory of 15-year-old George Carter, Co-founder of Rethinking Schools – New Orleans Before the latest horrific school shooting, Counselors Not Cops and Restorative Justice represent key demands advocated by student activists. In contrast to conflict resolution efforts, pro-active building circles are designed to knit together the schoolContinue reading Safer Schools . . . Listen to Students