EduCon 2019

The first group, now in college, will present a project in which they organized a Civil Rights celebration to honor veterans of the Civil Rights Movement, planned a campaign against gun violence, spoke in schools, presented at a Small Arms Conference at the United Nations, and created a documentary film called "Walls and Doors: Inspirations framer Elders". The second group, now in high school, spent a year studying the history of Haiti and wrote and illustrated a book about their study. They also wrote a Declaration of Principles, modeled on Du Bois' Declaration. The third group, now in middle school, will present a campaign against police brutality, which they called "Songs of the Children: an Album of Voices for Justice" because they decided to use poetry as their language of resistance. As part of their campaign, they researched and wrote about the 1985 bombing of MOVE headquarters. Five students decided to apply for a State historical marker to document the atrocity by the city. Their application was approved, and they led a community unveiling ceremony, replete with poetry.