DEPAUL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION SPRING 2018 FORUM
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SPEAK OUT!
YOUTH LEADERSHIP, IMPACT, EMPOWERMENT!
Tuesday, May 1st: 5:30 pm to
8:30 pm
Lincoln Park Student Center, Room
314
We are witnessing an extraordinary
time of high school student civic engagement and activism. From the March
for Our Lives and high school walkouts this month, to interest in electoral
activity to organizing around immigration issues to involvement in school
equity issues, high school students are speaking out on issues that matter to
them.
A panel of high school students
will discuss their work on:
·
Gun
control and gun violence in schools and the community
·
Supporting
immigrant students and organizing for fair immigration laws
·
Advocating
for equity: Chicago school closings; budget cuts and resources for
neighborhood schools
·
Elections:
voting, campaigning, engaging the issues of the day
Panelists will include students
who were leaders in their high school walkouts on gun violence and the
March for Our Lives protest; students who are fighting to keep Englewood
schools open; others who brought students to the polls for early voting and
served as election judges. One of the students participated in
discussions with Parkland HS students who came from Florida to visit with young
people impacted by daily violence in their community. Students are from Schurz,
Washington, Hancock, Lindblom, Whitney Young, Hope and Gwendolyn Brooks.
Heather Van Benthuysen from the
CPS Office of Civic Engagement and former high school teacher will offer ideas
about how to encourage and support civic engagement . The panel will be
followed by small group discussions.
We hope you can join us for this
important discussion and please share the attached flyer with friends and
colleagues.
3 CPDUs are available; IEIN
required.
Individual registration: here. For
more information, contact Dr. Diane Horwitz at dhorwit1@depaul.edu
Here are some interesting articles
and videos you might want to check out before the forum.
