Our desire to seek privacy online has often led to the discovery of new tools. Walking on the path...
Print Is Dying, And No One Can Heal It.
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Economy, Showcase, Summer 2019, Technology, 3
Since 1882, The Panolian Newspaper (located in Batesville, Mississippi) has been delivering news all across Panola County. It...
Family and Fentanyl: How the ongoing opioid crisis is affecting the Deep South
, , , Drugs, Emotional Health, Family, Health, Poverty, Showcase, Summer 2019, This is America, Writing & Communication, 0
Factory work, Friday night lights and fentanyl: all three have become daily life in this Mississippi town. It’s...
The Mask under the Mask
, , , Drugs, Showcase, Summer 2019, 0
In experiments with children, when an adult removes a mask to reveal her face, this is the source of...
Her Choice
, , , Showcase, Summer 2019, Women in Action, 0
Catherine was determined to march to the beat of her own drum. Often living her life in a constant...
We moved sometime during the spring, so renewal must have been at the forefront of my mom’s mind: new...
GIRL GAMERS
, , , Games, Showcase, Summer 2019, 1
Dear Parents, I am writing to promote girl gamers! Game Lab has been a wonderful growth experience...
Race and Social Justice Reflections
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Racism, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, 0
Race and Social Justice is a class in Nelson Mandela School for Social Justice where you learn about the...
Black Lives Matter summit
, , , Black Lives Matter, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, 0
On April 18, 2019, my peers and I from the Nelson Mandela School for Social Justice attended the 5th...
Reflection On Quilt
, , , Art, Black Lives Matter, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Racism, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, 0
This year in my race and social class at Nelson Mandela School For Social Justice My peers and I...
Trump: To Impeach or Not Impeach?
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, 10
Heaven Kyle, Sadiyah Clemmer, Fenger High School Do you believe the president should be impeached? The definition of Impeachment:...
Are people actually going to help you in the bad times?
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Poetry, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, War, 0
Bruce Springsteen’s song, “Born In the USA” makes me ask: Are people actually going to help you in the...
Should people in prison have the right to vote?
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Prison, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, 1
In the United States, a large percentage of the population is incarcerated. Some of them are petty crimes and...
Free CTA Pass for Chicago Students
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Education, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Transportation, 8
Many Chicago Students walk it to school every day. For various reasons, some of the students come in late...
The WPII
, , , Career & Job Readiness, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Immigration, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, 0
The WPIL is the Working Permit for Illegal Immigrants that allows immigrants without a legal status to work in...
School Funding For Low Income Schools
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Education, Inequality, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, 2
Money has been misplaced in communities that are high income. Schools in the mid/low-income community are suffering due to...
Homelessness in Chicago Public Schools
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Homelessness, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, 0
As of the 2017-2018 school year, 17,894 homeless Chicago children and teens attend CPS schools. Data also shows that...
Police Brutality exploded and Criminal Justice System needs to Change
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Police Brutality, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, 0
In the United States of America the amount of police homicides has increased over the years and the criminal...
Can time heal an abortion?
, , , Abortion, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Writing & Communication, 0
The poem “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks on the outside is about an abortion but when you look deeper...
My project
, , , Immigration, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, 0
Hi! This is a reflection about this school project I have created with my fellow peers, Jana and Molly....
Living without Papers
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Immigration, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, 2
“They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” “Well, somebody’s doing the...
Females can play video games too
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Games, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Women, 6
Fortnite is an online game that currently has around 250 million active players. The game has three different game...
U pass For Students in Chicago
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Transportation, 4
In Chicago, a lot of students use public transportation like the CTA. Even with the student discount, it is...
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Reflection of My Digital Activism Project
, , , Education, Health, Inequality, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, What do I stand for?, 0
Hi, my name is Rachel. From the span of February to my group and I had to find a...
Fight For Victims: The Results
, , , Call to Action, Education, Goals, Happiness, Health, Media and Message, Raise Your Voice, Rape Culture, Rights, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2019, Stress, Student-Centered, Summer 2019, Technology, 0
Our project was about the dangers of sexual harassment and our overall goal was to inform people about sexual...
Deforestation in NY Reflection
, , , Climate Change, Community, Education, Media, Nature, Pollution, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Technology, 2
My name is Karen, the authour of the blog “Deforestation In NY”. This blog is a high-school project where...
Fight4Victims
, , , Rape Culture, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, 0
Me, Lamiah, Karlotte and Ray started a project called Fight4Victims. The goal of our project was to raise awareness...
I created this blog on WordPress in order to raise awareness for the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar. After...
Our LGBTQ+ Project
, , , LGBTQA, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, 0
Hello, my name is Asheyanna. In February, three of my classmates and I decided to start a blog to...
Our digital activism project was to support Planned Parenthood clinics. Planned Parenthood is being defunded because of their connection...
Having Healthcare Rights is Very Important
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Emotional Health, Health, LGBTQA, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
My name is Arianna and I am a student who is working on a project with my friends to...
My Digital Activism Project
, , , Drugs, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
My name is Renee and I attend The Baccalaureate School of Global Education. In school, I am working on...
Digital Activist Project
, , , Call to Action, Community, Media, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2019, Writing, 0
Hello, my name is Lina and I am currently in 9th grade. In my tech class, our teacher challenged...
Time for Goodbye
, , , Climate Change, Environment & World, Pollution, Protest, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Hi, my name is Hajar, me and my friends started this project to reduce the waste created by fracking...
Hi! My name is Ashley and I am a student at BSGE. I worked with Lina and Lidia on...
Trying to Make a Change
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Immigration, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Hi, I’m Jana. My friends and I tried to make a change in this world. Molly, Vasha, and I...
Our digital activism project is focused on sexual harassment. We are trying to raise awareness about this topic and...
Marijuana Project
, , , Arts & Entertainment, Career & Job Readiness, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Inequality, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Hello everyone! Me and my classmates recently created a project about Marijuana, that proved to be widely successful. Our...
When we started our project, we didn’t really have a goal. We were just trying to get more gender...
Declawing Awareness
, , , Animal Protection, Decision Making, Health, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2019, 1
When beginning the project, the overall goal was to spread awareness about declawing. To get a bill passed, banning...
The overall goal of our project was to spread as much awareness for the homelessness issues in NYC. Our...
This February, I was given to project by my technology teacher to digitally advocate for something I wanted to...
Bettering the MTA
, , , Showcase, Spring 2019, Transportation, 0
The motivation behind our project was to help improve the disputes that exist in the MTA. As a student...
Over the course of this semester, me and other students have been working on a project regarding helping the...
The overall drive for completing this project was that the MTA has been suffering. I have worked with three...
Fresh Pods
, , , Drugs, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
The overall goal of our project was to reduce accessibility of juuls among teens in New York City. Our...
My group’s overall goal in this project for homelessness is to spread awareness through our blogs, social media, petition,...
Parks.home.blog Reflection
, , , Community, Nature, Science, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Me and three other of my colleagues worked on a wordpress blog from the start of February to the...
My main question for this poem is Do you believe that it’s possible to change poverty and racism? .The...
OurParkMatters
, , , Community, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Introduction The Dutch Kills Playground project was held to renovate the park to a full-fledged public park. The park...
The Better MTA
, , , Showcase, Spring 2019, Transportation, 0
The purpose of this project was to help improve the contentions that lie within the MTA that affect people...
Help The Homeless
, , , Homelessness, Showcase, Spring 2019, 1
The goal of our project is to try and decrease the number of homeless people and try and help...
I have completed a presentation about why planned parenthood clinics should not be shut down. This presentation is a...
Fighting Drunk Driving- Project Reflection
, , , Drugs, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2019, Technology, 0
The goal of our project was to educate and notify people about the lurking danger that is present in...
In order to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall, yes, it will take lots of time and money, but at...
Fracking: The Corrupt Truth
, , , Climate Change, Environment & World, Media and Message, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
The people of Denton, Texas voted to ban hydraulic fracturing or fracking. Despite being outspent 10-1 by the oil...
Skin Color
, , , American Creed, Black Lives Matter, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Found Poetry, Inequality, Showcase, Spring 2019, 2
Are colored people given a fair chance in our world? Or does their colored skin speak out for them?...
Burning Question
, , , Getting Started, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Becoming a nurse is my career goal, specifically I would like to be a pediatric nurse because I like...
A close reading of “To an Athlete Dying Young “
, , , Arts & Entertainment, Poetry, Showcase, Sports, Spring 2019, War, 0
My first impressions of this poem were of confused. It makes me feel sad, yet, at the same time,...
Educating People on Mental Illnesses
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Emotional Health, Life Skills & Fitness, Mental Illness, Showcase, Spring 2019, Women, 3
When I was 10 years old, I had my innocence taken away. I was manipulated and violated on more...
Below is my multimedia presentation about insulin! Below is a link to one of my blogs! Check it out!...
I chose the topic of child abuse for my digital activism topic for multiple reasons. The first being that...
I chose to work on the topic of Rohingya refugees because of how the persecution they face is not...
Why Do People Immigrate?
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Immigration, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
When the assignment of digital activism came up, I didn’t know what to pick. There are so many issue...
As the weeks have progressed I created an informative video based on the myths vs realities about poverty. The...
Declawing
, , , Animal Protection, Decision Making, Health, Rights, Scratch, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2019, 0
Declawing cats is a serious matter that should be thought about twice before going through with the decisions. Many...
I hope that this video would continue to raise awareness of the dangers people are facing outside, because of...
Sexual Harassment in Schools
, , , Call to Action, Happiness, Media, Raise Your Voice, Rape Culture, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2019, Stress, Student-Centered, This I Believe, Upstander, 0
In tech, we are doing a digital presentation project and the issue that me and my group chose was...
Digital Activism Topic
, , , Bullying, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Education, Inequality, LGBTQA, Love, Raise Your Voice, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2019, Stories, Upstander, 0
I want to fight for better LGBTQ healthcare. Prejudice and discrimination is everywhere but when it endangers someone’s life, it is unacceptable. I have friends in the LGBTQ community and they should...
I chose the topic of insulin prices because on social media, I have seen so many posts about healthcare,...
Our Fight Isn’t Over
, , , LGBTQA, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
As a class, we were instructed to do a digital activism topic and my team decided to focus on...
This Isn’t a Fight Worth Forgetting.
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Health, LGBTQA, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
This multimedia presentation was created to show the importance of people of the LGBTQ+ community having the right to...
Be The Change
, , , Climate Change, Community, Economy, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
fracking is very harmful to the animals and we should try very hard to change that. in this video,...
Multi-media Presentation
, , , Drugs, Health, Media, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Hey, this below is my multi- media presentation where I discuss the statistics of insulin prices. I chose advocating...
In my school, we have a technology project in which we have to start a petition/movement. My group chose...
For tech class, we were required to chose digital activist topic, preferably one that we that we thought was...
Child Marriage: A Human Rights Violation
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Child marriage is a formal marriage or informal union where one or both of the parties are under the...
Benefits of Medical Marijuana
, , , Drugs, Education, Emotional Health, Health, Mental Illness, Showcase, Spring 2019, This is America, 2
Hello everyone! I created a video describing the benefits of Medical Marijuana. For all those who prefer to read,...
Here’s the multimedia presentation I’ve been working on. Everyone in our group did one, but mine is about people’s...
Immigration
, , , Immigration, Showcase, Spring 2019, This is America, 1
This video is about immigrants and how they all have different visa. There are student visa and work visa,...
I decided to start a cause where my community can build a garden. There are many people who are...
The reason we chose this digital activism topic is because we wanted to spread awareness throughout our community about...
NYC and Poverty
, , , Homelessness, Poverty, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
My blog takes a look at poverty in New York City, especially in the least popular boroughs, and the...
Equality and Justice
, , , Gender, Inequality, Mind Dump, Racism, Raise Your Voice, Religion, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2019, Violence, Women, 0
The Dangers of Juul
, , , Drugs, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
The rationale for this presentation is to discuss the dangers of juul and how juul impacts teens. Teens are...
From “Rags To Riches”
, , , Homelessness, Poverty, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Everyday thousands of NYC citizens plunge into homelessness. There are many reasons people become homeless and yet there aren’t...
Homeless and their opinions on homeless shelters
, , , Decision Making, Homeless LGBTQ, Homelessness, Showcase, Spring 2019, 1
Homelessness in America, specifically New York City, is a big problem. The issue has increased over the decade and...
The Corruption; Juuls
, , , Drugs, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Juuling is an epidemic that has taken over NYC, effecting our teenagers like a tsunami. The presentation below presents...
Greetings, My name is Ayman Rahman, and I am advocating for better conditions of the MTA. The video I...
The services for the MTA can be improved as it is inconsistent traditionally. Here is a video explaining the...
I made this video about various different homeless organizations with the purpose to give viewers a visual about the...
Juul in Schuul
, , , Drugs, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Juuling in school has become more prevalent as the days pass. Kids pass their Juuls within their group to...
Legal Frameworks
, , , Drugs, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
The cause of this presentation and this blog in general is to reduce the accessibility of juuls. This presentation...
The Nasoalveolar Molding (NAM)and How It Has Helped.
, , , Columbus, Decision Making, Education, Family, Love, Nature, Raise Your Voice, Science, Science & Math, Showcase, Spring 2019, This I Believe, What do I stand for?, Women, Women in Action, 0
The NAM is not the only way or the best way to treat children with cleft lips and palates,...
Drinking and Driving
, , , Drugs, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Drunk Driving is a concerning problem in society, it has led to many injuries and deaths. All of this...
Tampon Tax
, , , Showcase, Spring 2019, Women, 0
I chose my digital activism project because I wanted to bring to light the rarely discussed topic of taxation...
My MultiMedia Presentation
, , , Showcase, Spring 2019, Women, 0
This video right here is a presentation I did for my school that talks about period poverty all around...
Poverty in NYC
, , , Poverty, Showcase, Spring 2019, 2
My name is Zacharia and I want to take action against poverty in the United States. I am not...
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