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NEIT 2017 - Open Space 3F

Activism in Independent Schools - Parlor 1 Lead by Judith Seidel jseidel@friendsseminary.org and Rachel Zelechow

rzelechow@stlukeschool.org

Participants Glenn Lieberman < GLieberman@allen-stevenson.org >

Meglena Zapreva < mzapreva@yahoo.com >

Lisa Moore < lmoore@unis.org >

Lisa Greenwald < <span class="go" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; vertical-align: top;">lisa.a.greenwald@gmail.com <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; vertical-align: top;">>

How can we encourage activism in our schools? If as activists we create a public twitter feed then what if the reactions are inappropriate or hurtful?
 * Question: **

Examples from schools


 * Mary McDowell **

At Mary McDowell children participate in silence each week. Quakerism has a history of activism. During the week of election the silence was in response to a query about the election There is an elective club in the high school. It's a student social action club. Participants made their own Google classroom with stuff they can do

Tradition of activism around Millennium Goals Sustainable development Goals Activism through volunteering and social action Many worries and concerns in UNIS community now
 * UNIS **

Encouraging Middle and High School Students to research an issue before becoming an advocate for it. Exploring the idea of a public twitter feed.
 * St Lukes **

Studying March Posters Younger students create posters for a gallery
 * Ideas **

Curriculum in which students carefully research both sides of an issue they care about.

Always encourage respect!

Create a collective of student activists from many Independent schools Emails of people at sessionwho might be interested in this:

Encourage student activism based on local (school) issues rather than larger, more controversial issues if touching upon the larger issues may cause problems in one's own school community.