#CivicLiberation!
This project helps students think and speak critically about social justice issues through research, coalescing, and action planning.
Profile
State: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia
Zip Code: 19121
Are you currently teaching? : Yes
What grade do you teach?: Middle
What subject(s) do you teach?: History
Other: Social Justice
How many years have you been teaching?: 5
United States
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I have dedicated my career to serving historically under-represented youth in Philadelphia. In 2011, I began teaching at Alliance for Progress Charter School, and in 2013, I became a founding teacher at Mastery Charter – Pastorius Campus. Since joining Mastery, I have extended my role outside of the classroom by serving as a Writing Teacher Leader, Grade Team Leader, Cultural Context Facilitator, and a Summer Mentor Teacher for Teach for America. Now teaching Social Justice at Mastery Charter – Shoemaker Campus, I am committed to helping my students take action in their communities.
This project helps students think and speak critically about social justice issues through research, coalescing, and action planning.
Students begin to own their #CivicVoices in class by creating identity charts that incorporate social identity groups and much more.
Lori Corcoran Hi Lori, I would love to collaborate. Feel free to email me. Gerald.dessus@masterycharter.org
Lore, I am truly inspired by the community engagement work your students were able to accomplish!
Our goal this year is for our students at Shoemaker to speak and think critically about social justice issues from a historical perspective, such as homelessness, so that they can actually create change. So our 8th graders are moving into phase 2, research an issue that is meaningful to them. From January - March they will begin coalescing around larger, common issues, and from March to June they will create and lead action plans around the issue that chose.
I would love to collaborate in any way possible, even if there's a way we could get some of your students over to Shoe to share their amazing experience. I think it would be very enlightening for our students.
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