by Varun Singh | 7 Jun 2021 | Climate change, Educators' Catalog, Environment, La Jolla Country Day School, Student Posts, World, Youth Voices
As arid San Diego struggles to ensure adequate water supplies, the city can look to Cape Town and Lima for examples of how to dodge disaster. Water drops from a spout at a water purification facility in San Diego, California, 8 May 2015. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) San...
by Stacy Shyaka | 26 May 2021 | Art, Human Rights, Identity, Personal Reflections, Student Posts, Westover School, Youth Voices
I come from Rwanda, where black children are not hated for the color of their skin. My photos capture innocence and an age of purity. (All photos by Stacy Shyaka) In my country, black children are able to hold on to their innocence because they live in a place where...
by Maya Barr | 19 May 2021 | Americas, Educators' Catalog, Health and Wellness, Hewitt, Human Rights, Student Posts, Youth Voices
More people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. than in any other nation. Will the suffering breathe new life into efforts to reform a flawed system? Protesters in support of a single-payer healthcare system, New York City, 24 July 2017 (EPA/JUSTIN LANE) This is the...
by Clarice Gillian Achola | 18 May 2021 | African Leadership Academy, Discovery, Educators' Catalog, Health and Wellness, Identity, Personal Reflections, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Mocked for my dark skin, I long loathed myself and yearned for a lighter complexion. But now I fight colourism and defend diversity. “Leaning away from un-African beauty standards,” by Alana Muchemi, August 2020. The author is in the yellow shirt....
by Aerin Atinsky | 17 May 2021 | Americas, Health and Wellness, Hewitt, Human Rights, Student Posts, Youth Voices
New York City is fighting COVID-19 and setting an example for revamping America’s criminal justice system by releasing some inmates to hotels. Protesters calling for the early release of inmates from New York jails, New York, 23 April 2020 (EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE)...
