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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.
Who’s most likely to live in a food desert?
Through the GRC process, I am learning that it is impossible to take students through a process to activate and transform their thinking and not be transformed in the process.
Second Grade Students Adapting and Leading!
It always amazes me how small children can be so adaptable. After our first GRC presentation, our class decided to change the topic for our Grassroots Campaign.
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.
