Why are you here?
What does social justice mean to you?
In the area of social justice, where can O'Dowd improve?
Solidarity not Solitary is hosted a fun and interactive day of learning about important justice issues. O’Dowd students will be hosting workshops on Racism, Immigration, Solitary Confinement and Prison Reform, Gender Diversity, Fair Trade at O’Dowd. Special Guest: Rob Bonta (California Assemblyman for our District) will talk about how students CAN and DO make a difference in their communities.
The Teach-in was held on Saturday, January 30 from 9am-2pm.
Kudos to Ms. Sideco.
Solidarity not Solitude. Bishop O'Dowd High School
Bryan Stevenon and the Justice League.
A community united against injustices not only in our world, but right here in Oakland. Verbalize the noun.
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - by Bryan Stevenson
All of our survival is tied to the survival of everyone: Bryan Stevenson at TED2012.
Bryan Stevenson made an impassioned case for confronting racial and economic injustice in the American justice system. And, he argued, confronting that means changing the way the system approaches child offenders. In his talk he says: “I represent children. A lot of my clients are very young. The United States is the only country in the world where we sentence 13-year-old children to die in prison. We have life imprisonment without parole for kids in this country … the only country in the world.”
Rob Bonta is an American politician serving in the California State Assembly. He was preceded by Assembly member Sandre Swanson. He is a Democrat representing the 18th district, encompassing the central East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to being elected to the state assembly, he was an Alameda city councilmember.
Bonta is the first Filipino American elected to the California State Legislature.
Bonta is an alumnus of Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks, CA.
Bonita assumed office in December of 2012. In 2013, Bonta introduced legislation that would require California public schools to teach students the contributions of Filipino Americans in the farm labor movement; it was signed into law in October of that same year by Jerry Brown. Bonta's mother, Cynthia Bonta, helped organize Filipino and Mexican American farmworkers for the United Farm Workers.
In the 2015 legislative session, Bonta will chair two committees. He will chair both the Assembly Health Committee, a new assignment for Bonta, and will further stay on as the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Public Employee Retirement Systems. Bonta was named a 2014 Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow.
Racism Informational Jeopardy. Hosted by Alexis Stanley, Olivia Johnson, and Peyton S.
Alexis Stanley and Olivia Johnson did the coding, construction of the game, and came up with the questions and answers. Peyton was kind enough to moderate the game.
Racism Informational Jeopardy literally gave you a lot to think about.
The students discussed injustices we all see in our world today, and they utilized their our own unique and creative abilities to work towards solving these injustices through an interactive game. The participants were engaged, challenged, and experienced some self discovery.
After hearing social justice advocates and experts share their perspective on issues they were passionate about, the students were able to integrate the take aways in their interactive discussion.
The game culiminated with self reflections and a discussion on how teens can work towards fixing these problems.
Great job!
Game categories included: General Information, In the Justice System, In the Media, In the Education system, and Personal Reflections.
Final Jeopardy was a win win for everybody. What did you learn from this presentation and we can we do as a school to improve our student community, surrounding community, and the community at large.
The team then summarized the session and passed the baton for a disscusion about Islamophobia.
Danielle Viviani took over the discussion from here.
To set the stage, they talked about the impact of media and messaging.
Thoughts become words, words become actions, and actions become....either a catalyst for change or a catalyst for fear.
Let the change begin with us.....
Sojourn to the past.....brings us right back to the present.
Are images [without words] just as powerful as the rhetoric?
The Rise of Muslim Hate.
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History repeats itself because no one was listening the first time.....
Kudos to APUSH!
Credits:
Trina Thompson - Photographer. Slideshow Courtesy of Trina Thompson & Alexis Stanley.