, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Racism, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Race and Social Justice is a class in Nelson Mandela School for Social Justice where you learn about the...
, , , Black Lives Matter, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
On April 18, 2019, my peers and I from the Nelson Mandela School for Social Justice attended the 5th...
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2019, 10
Heaven Kyle, Sadiyah Clemmer, Fenger High School Do you believe the president should be impeached? The definition of Impeachment:...
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Poetry, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2019, War, 0
Bruce Springsteen’s song, “Born In the USA” makes me ask: Are people actually going to help you in the...
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Prison, Showcase, Spring 2019, 1
In the United States, a large percentage of the population is incarcerated. Some of them are petty crimes and...
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Education, Showcase, Spring 2019, Transportation, 8
Many Chicago Students walk it to school every day. For various reasons, some of the students come in late...
, , , Career & Job Readiness, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Immigration, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
The WPIL is the Working Permit for Illegal Immigrants that allows immigrants without a legal status to work in...
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Education, Inequality, Showcase, Spring 2019, 2
Money has been misplaced in communities that are high income. Schools in the mid/low-income community are suffering due to...
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Homelessness, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
As of the 2017-2018 school year, 17,894 homeless Chicago children and teens attend CPS schools. Data also shows that...
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Police Brutality, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
In the United States of America the amount of police homicides has increased over the years and the criminal...
The poem “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks on the outside is about an abortion but when you look deeper...
, , , Immigration, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Hi! This is a reflection about this school project I have created with my fellow peers, Jana and Molly....
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Immigration, Showcase, Spring 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...
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Games, Showcase, Spring 2019, Women, 6
Fortnite is an online game that currently has around 250 million active players. The game has three different game...
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Showcase, Spring 2019, Transportation, 4
In Chicago, a lot of students use public transportation like the CTA. Even with the student discount, it is...
, , , Immigration, Mind Dump, Showcase, Spring 2019, 2
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, , , Education, Health, Inequality, Showcase, Spring 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...
, , , Call to Action, Education, Goals, Happiness, Health, Media and Message, Raise Your Voice, Rape Culture, Rights, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2019, Stress, Student-Centered, Technology, 0
Our project was about the dangers of sexual harassment and our overall goal was to inform people about sexual...
, , , Climate Change, Community, Education, Media, Nature, Pollution, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2019, Technology, 1
My name is Karen, the authour of the blog “Deforestation In NY”. This blog is a high-school project where...
, , , Rape Culture, Showcase, Spring 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...
, , , LGBTQA, Showcase, Spring 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...
, , , 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...
, , , Drugs, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
My name is Renee and I attend The Baccalaureate School of Global Education. In school, I am working on...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
, , , 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,...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
, , , Showcase, Spring 2019, Transportation, 0
The purpose of this project was to help improve the contentions that lie within the MTA that affect people...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
, , , 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?...
, , , 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...
, , , 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,...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
, , , 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,...
, , , LGBTQA, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
As a class, we were instructed to do a digital activism topic and my team decided to focus on...
, , , 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...
, , , 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,...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
, , , 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, 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...
, , , 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...
, , , Gender, Inequality, Mind Dump, Racism, Raise Your Voice, Religion, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2019, Violence, Women, 0
, , , Drugs, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
The rationale for this presentation is to discuss the dangers of juul and how juul impacts teens. Teens are...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
, , , Drugs, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Juuling in school has become more prevalent as the days pass. Kids pass their Juuls within their group to...
, , , Drugs, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
The cause of this presentation and this blog in general is to reduce the accessibility of juuls. This presentation...
, , , 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,...
, , , Drugs, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Drunk Driving is a concerning problem in society, it has led to many injuries and deaths. All of this...
, , , Showcase, Spring 2019, Women, 0
I chose my digital activism project because I wanted to bring to light the rarely discussed topic of taxation...
, , , 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, Showcase, Spring 2019, 2
My name is Zacharia and I want to take action against poverty in the United States. I am not...
, , , Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Homelessness, Inequality, Poverty, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2019, This I Believe, 0
This video was created by me and I discussed poverty rates in New York City. The rates are increasing...
, , , Career & Job Readiness, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Economy, Education, Inequality, Showcase, Spring 2019, 3
In our society today and especially all over the world; there has been a deeply concerning problem with the...
My American Creed My American Creed would be a strong Chicana, who will get through anything the world throws...
, , , Getting Started, Showcase, Spring 2019, 1
What I know is that the military, specifically the army, is that it is very strict. For instance, at...
My project was about Global warming affecting humans(Climate change). My teammate and I we were interested in this topic...
, , , Showcase, Spring 2019, Upstander, 0
My upstander project was about sexual harassment in the workplace and what we did was raise awareness about the...
What your project was about ? My project was about the Global warming and affect in animals , we...
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