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No More Violence, No More Silence
When my students selected violence as the target of our grassroots campaign, we knew that, in order to be successful, we would need to put forth lots of time and effort.
Kindergarteners Building A Playground!
I thought introducing the grassroots campaign to kindergarteners was going to be challenging, but I found doing the show and tell to be very helpful.
Grassroots Campaign Reflection- Don’t Throw That on the Ground!
Domestic Violence: It’s Much More Common Than We Thought
As an educator, I am very rarely left speechless. In fact, you could say that, as a teacher, I am paid to speak.
Food Deserts: Redlining & the Shut off from Healthy Goods & Services
“Ok class, it’s time to brainstorm the topic we will be working on for our Service Learning Project.”
Complicating ‘Homelessness’ for First Graders
Homelessness seems like a simple cut and dry problem to most young people. At the beginning of the year, I could see it in my students’ eyes each time we gathered together on the carpet for a discussion.
Faith in Humanity & Harvest, A Teacher’s Reflection
The demands of a teacher are many. The demands of a teacher at a social justice school like Village Leadership Academy are both numerous and complex.
CHANGE THE NAME
Student activists and educators from Village Leadership Academy campaign to change the name of a park from a slaveholder to abolitionists Anna Murray and Frederick Douglass in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood.
