Facilitating Grassroots Campaigns with Youth 

Beginning with a screening of the short documentary, Change the Name, which is an intimate portrayal of Black youth organizing in Chicago that follows a group of 5th graders as they embark on a campaign to rename Stephen Douglas Park after freedom fighters Anna and Frederick Douglass. Over the course of the three-year campaign, the students tackle bureaucratic Chicago Park District systems and underestimations of their capacity to make change. Educator and adult facilitator, Bianca Jones, leads this workshop for educators who seek to incorporate a dynamic, effective classroom tool. Organizing campaigns invite students and educators to stay informed, think locally and globally, exercise critical thinking, practice civic-engagement, research, collaborate with local activists and artists, extend learning beyond the classroom, and most importantly, transform ourselves and our communities.

Presenters

Bianca Jones

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