, , , 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...
, , , 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...
My group’s overall goal in this project for homelessness is to spread awareness through our blogs, social media, petition,...
, , , 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...
, , , 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...
I chose the topic of child abuse for my digital activism topic for multiple reasons. The first being that...
, , , 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...
, , , Gender, Inequality, Mind Dump, Racism, Raise Your Voice, Religion, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2019, Violence, Women, 0
, , , 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,...
, , , Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter At School, Crime, Police Brutality, Protest, Racism, Raise Your Voice, Taking a Knee, Violence, 7
Bias, Racism, and Death in U.S. Communities Why is Police Brutality causing death? “It could have a lot to...
, , , Black Lives Matter, Education, Police Brutality, Protest, Racism, Raise Your Voice, 3
What is the cause of police brutality and how does it affect Oakland residents? Hillary Walker, a teacher at...
Manipulation has become the backbone of our society. As the use of technology continues to expand and becomes...
, , , Fall 2018, Media, Media and Message, Showcase, Social Media, Technology, Technology & Computer Science, 0
Nowadays it would be hard to argue against the claim that technology is very prevalent in...
George Orwell highlights many themes in his dystopian literature that are concerning for the future of the world we...
, , , Media and Message, Social Media, 0
The term “fake news” has rapidly increased in usage and meaning over the past two years. A quote popularized...
, , , Fall 2018, Media and Message, Politics, Showcase, 1
In a world full of problems, one seems to rise to the forefront. The screaming mobs, burning torches, and...
, , , Books, Goals, Inquiry, Media, Raise Your Voice, Shakespeare, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
Othello act 3 scene 3 lines 121-134
, , , Animal Protection, Education, Media and Message, Rights, What do I stand for?, 1
This issue is important to me because I love animals a lot. My cousin’s have a dog...
, , , Call to Action, Crime, Emotional Health, Love, Mental Illness, Rape Culture, Refugees, Showcase, Slavery, Spring 2018, Violence, What do I stand for?, Women, 3
I decided to make an informative video about sex trafficking because I felt that the issue needed to...
, , , Immigration, Politics, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
The issue is whether illegal immigrants be deported or be allowed to stay in the US. I am passionate...
, , , Biases, Racism, Showcase, Spring 2018, What do I stand for?, 0
The “model minority” myth. What exactly is it? Is it something that someone made up in order to make...
, , , Animal Protection, Showcase, Spring 2018, This I Believe, Violence, What do I stand for?, 0
The issue is animal abuse. I am passionate about this issue because it is usually overlooked. Most people don’t...
, , , A Day in My Life, Call to Action, Education, Family, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2018, 1
Throughout my entire life I have always seen an Asian parent being strict on their children. They want...
, , , Community, Economy, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
I am passionate about this issue because in the future, I will be trying to get a job. I...
, , , Animal Protection, Decision Making, Media and Message, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
I am passionate about the issue of animal shelters because dogs are not treated as well as they should...
, , , Community, Education, Guns, History, Inequality, Politics, Protest, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
On March 14, 2018, students all across the country walked out of their schools at 10:00 AM in order...
, , , Emotional Health, Friendship, Happiness, Health, Mental Illness, Psychology, Showcase, Spring 2018, Surveys, What do I stand for?, 3
According to MentalHealth.gov, “If you have, or believe you may have, a mental health problem, it is helpful to...
, , , Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
Nia McCoy – What rights should people living in the U.S. have ? I think people in the U.S....
Oakland is Diverse By Elizabeth Gonzalez Hinojosa “Oakland is one of the most diverse metropolitan areas in the...
, , , Community, Fall 2017, Family, Goals, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, 4
Although many American systems are damaged, one that is often overlooked is the foster care system. Foster care, according...
, , , Call to Action, Fall 2017, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Women, 1
After watching the Golden Globes with my family this past sunday night, I was completely inspired. The actors and...
, , , Animal Protection, Call to Action, Nature, Politics, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, What do I stand for?, 1
America has a knack for ignoring uncomfortable issues, regardless of the degree of importance. Perhaps we take too much...
In our day and age, so much of our information is given away through social media. We allow others...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Black Lives Matter, Books, Bullying, Call to Action, Community, Crime, Decision Making, Drugs, Economy, History, Immigration, Point of View, Protest, Rights, Slavery, This I Believe, Violence, What do I stand for?, 0
I believe what it means to be American is not to be so ignorant. We’ve been ignorant our...
, , , Art, Creative Writing, Fall 2017, Media and Message, Point of View, Showcase, 3
Has anyone asked you about movie? Perhaps on whether or not if it was good? You respond with, “it...
, , , Fall 2017, Games, Guns, Media and Message, Showcase, 2
Since movie makers have a crippling fear of creating something original, they are currently remaking and doing adaptations of...
, , , Fall 2017, Language, Media, Media and Message, Showcase, Social Media, Technology, 5
81 percent of Americans use some sort of social media platform today. 1.96 billion people use social media worldwide...
, , , Economy, Friendship, Happiness, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, What do I stand for?, 0
Throughout life we are faced with the word value. What it means to value things, what it does, how...
, , , Animal Protection, Argument, Call to Action, Community, Education, Food, Goals, Happiness, Health, Love, Nature, Photography, Politics, Raise Your Voice, Science, Social Media, Sports, Terrorism, Violence, What do I stand for?, 2
Whalers kill dolphins, whales, porpoises, and other marine mammals. In Japan, they do so in a cruel and shocking...
, , , Argument, Fall 2017, Police Brutality, Protest, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Sports, Taking a Knee, What do I stand for?, 1
I believe that it is our rights to not stand for the national anthem. our right to sit for...
, , , Black Lives Matter, Decision Making, Education, Inequality, Politics, Raise Your Voice, Social Media, Taking a Knee, What do I stand for?, 0
As Americans we have a lot of freedom. One of those freedoms being to peacefully protest. Kneeling during the...
, , , Argument, Police Brutality, Protest, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Sports, Taking a Knee, What do I stand for?, 1
Do you stand or do you sit down when the national anthem comes on? Most don’t stand because the...
, , , Argument, Goals, Point of View, Police Brutality, Protest, Raise Your Voice, Rights, Showcase, Sports, Taking a Knee, This I Believe, What do I stand for?, 0
In an article by PROCON.org about the players who took a knee during the National Anthem, stated that the...
, , , American Dream, Call to Action, Community, Crime, Education, Fall 2017, History, Inequality, Media, Politics, Protest, Racism, Raise Your Voice, Research Help, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Student-Centered, Violence, What do I stand for?, 6
High School textbooks don’t have anything on Asian Americans during the civil rights era. There were a lot of...
, , , Charlottesville, Fall 2017, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, What do I stand for?, 1
Dear Leaders of America, My name is Jordan Phal, I am a 17 year old senior who currently...
, , , Call to Action, Health, Mental Illness, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2017, What do I stand for?, 0
Through Save Our YOUth, high schools around the state of Michigan, and eventually the nation, will fully understand the...
To the teachers, the educators, the inspirations, Thank you. Thank you for the lives you have affected and the...
, , , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Debt, Economy, History, Politics, Poverty, Protest, Raise Your Voice, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2017, What do I stand for?, 0
https://youtu.be/B-HlbLzaL_I
, , , Education, Media and Message, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2017, 0
Dear Secretary Devos, Americans have accepted the fact that a solid education is what will determine the future of...
, , , Gender, Protest, Raise Your Voice, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2017, Violence, Voting, What do I stand for?, Women, 0
Copy of Photo album Photo by New York Public Library
, , , Economy, Education, Food, Health, Inequality, Media and Message, Poverty, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2017, 0
These are memes that Tuan and I made about hunger stats and people starting to care about the topic....
Hello! This is our fifth phase of our XP for “This I Wish to Change.” Credit goes to me,...
This is my Prezi for my topic, the Syrian war. (XP5 for LRNG) https://prezi.com/view/Gtn5qGlNEpQ1Kf0YM1FO/
, , , Critical Courageous Conversations, Education, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, 1
Education is everything to Americans. We want to live a comfortable life, have a stable job, and we grow...
neocolonialism in africa
, , , Critical Courageous Conversations, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2017, 1
In the modern world, it seems that everything is ever changing and ever progressing, but the ever constant force...
, , , Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2017, What do I stand for?, Women, 3
They say we are equal, but we aren’t. Women all around the world have their rights ripped away from...
, , , Critical Courageous Conversations, Raise Your Voice, Spring 2017, War, 2
Six years ago, the Syrian war, one of the most deadliest and ongoing conflicts in the 21st century, started....
, , , Critical Courageous Conversations, Food, Health, Inequality, Politics, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2017, 4
Food is the most important resource other than water for us, humans. We need food to survive through each...
, , , Critical Courageous Conversations, Raise Your Voice, Spring 2017, 0
My team and I have been studying creativity in classroom for sometime. In school, there are already a lot...
Click here to listen to my podcast about teen depression.
Photo by The Library of Congress
, , , Art, Media and Message, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Slavery, Spring 2017, 1
I painted this acknowledging the prisoners who work on those hard days doing harsh labor. The background yellows and...
Questions What does depression affect? What can cause teen depression? What is depression? Equality and equal opportunity is whats...
, , , Critical Courageous Conversations, Emotional Health, Raise Your Voice, Spring 2017, 0
The constant pressures from school, bullying, and a lack of social programs can cause teen depression. Teen depression is...
A woman will find other ways to do an abortion, making abortion illegal doesn’t help anyone. You’ll only put...
See my infographic.
, , , Abortion, Critical Courageous Conversations, Raise Your Voice, Spring 2017, 0
Abortion is a very controversial topic that divides many people calling themselves either pro-choice (supporting the woman) or pro-life...
, , , Emotional Health, Fall 2017, Infographic, Raise Your Voice, Spring 2017, 0
Check out my infographic here: https://create.piktochart.com/output/22780369-new-piktochart Photo by Guilherme Yagui
https://www.canva.com/design/DACWnb60vac/8Mk7gGHzSknyjBmPxenM5g/view?utm_content=DACWnb60vac&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton
, , , Critical Courageous Conversations, Media, Raise Your Voice, Spring 2017, 0
Summary: Many people nowadays are influenced by what they see in tv and social media with all the trends...
Under the 13th amendment is states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the...
, , , Incarceration, Raise Your Voice, Slavery, Spring 2017, 0
“‘It’s just dressed up slavery’: America’s shadow workforce rises up against prison labor” written by Carimah Townes who is a...
Should Abortion be Legal? An important issue that I feel very strongly about is that women should have full...
This infographic was made in collaboration with Quan Nguyen.
, , , Media and Message, Raise Your Voice, Spring 2017, Technology, Women, 0
In order to spread my message more, I decide to create a video and post it on youtube, and...
, , , Critical Courageous Conversations, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2017, Technology, Women, 1
The lack of gender diversity in STEM-related fields is enormous, and there are many reasons why this is. According...
Here is an infographic that my team (Ben, Trip, Zachary) created pertaining to creativity in the classroom!
, , , Infographic, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2017, Technology, Women, 6
The feature image is my infographic, please enjoy.
A issue I care about is sexism, specifically in media because I feel that people today are influenced by what...
, , , Education, Inequality, Raise Your Voice, Spring 2017, What do I stand for?, 0
In today’s society it seems that getting an education is necessary and inevitable. The law tells minors that we...
For my What Do I Stand For, I decided to research and write about neocolonialism, and it’s effect specifically...
I learned about computer programing in the start of my junior year of high school, where I was introduced...
Does slavery still exists? Why? How is it still in society today? Where is it happening? And why isn’t...
I believe very strongly in women rights. Who should say men are superior to women? All around the world...
, , , Raise Your Voice, Spring 2017, War, What do I stand for?, 0
The Syrian war has been going on for 6 years, and it doesn’t seem like it’s going to stop...
, , , Food, Health, Inequality, Politics, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2017, 1
You can’t go wrong with food. You like it and we like it. More importantly, it’s necessary to sustain...
, , , Argument, Education, Food, Health, Nature, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2017, What do I stand for?, 2
This is the link to the article I annotated for my what do I care about. Please note that because...
Live freely and believe in yourself. That has become my mott. I stand for the pursuing your freedom. Meaning...
, , , 2nextprez, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Crime, Education, Gender, Inequality, LGBTQA, Mental Illness, Point of View, Raise Your Voice, Religion, Rights, Showcase, This I Believe, What do I stand for?, 0
In a country based on freedom and liberty, citizens should be able to craft, and accept their own identities...
, , , Raise Your Voice, Spring 2017, What do I stand for?, 0
What do I stand for? An interesting and complex question to think about, especially considering how there are just...
, , , Economy, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2017, What do I stand for?, 0
The economy of our country is in a terrible condition. There is little job creation, and annual GDP growth...
, , , American Dream, Happiness, Inequality, Politics, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2017, What do I stand for?, 0
The American political system we have now needs to be changed. Division between the political left and right is...
, , , Argument, Art, Call to Action, Point of View, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2017, What do I stand for?, 0
To all those who love Pringles; those sweet, sweet shareable chips. Pringles cans have gotten smaller, too small for...
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