Becoming Visible: Students for Change
These 90-minute highly interactive workshops will be conducted on Zoom and are open to all high school students in Sussex County. Workshop leaders will deliver essential content on each topic, then facilitators will lead students in breakout groups and whole group discussion. Students will join our Google Classroom, where they can collaborate with their peers in developing an archive of action items and take-aways from each session.
Click here to learn more about the modules for Sussex County middle and high school students.
2021-2022 Topics
Cultural Competence
Complete a questionnaire about your identity (racial/ethnic/religious group, parents’ ethnic group(s), neighborhood, community, and school experiences, extra-curricular opportunities, family customs, etc.) then compare your experiences with peers in small groups. Action Plan: Brainstorm ways to learn more about cultures outside your own, then follow up by uploading a paragraph about something new you learned about a culture outside your own.
Antiracism
Learn definitions of racism, antiracism, policy, and tactics. Learn to perceive racism operating systemically through current societal structures. Brainstorm antiracist tactics in breakout groups, and develop a repertoire of go-to actions to counter racism across a variety of scenarios. Collaborate to assemble a tool kit of support. Action Plan: Keep a journal of racist and antiracist acts you notice while chronicling your reactions.
History of Slavery in Delaware
Follow the money as you learn about the enslavement of Black people in Delaware during the 18th and 19th centuries. Hear the stories of courageous Delawareans who risked their lives guiding escapees to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Explore why Delaware, the first state to ratify the Constitution, was the very last to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery in the US. Discuss how the legacy of slavery may affect our everyday lives. Action Plan: Create your own response to this session, whether through art or text, and upload the results to the shared drive.
Great Contributions of African-Americans to U.S. Culture
Follow this multi-media exposure to great contributions by people of color, including musicians, mathematicians, artists, jurists, and activists and the obstacles they confronted. Action Plan: Based on a list of great contributors by African-Americans, research the accomplishments of one with whom you are not familiar. Make a smart phone video inspired by the contributor and upload it to the shared drive.
Participants will receive formal acknowledgement from the SDARJ for each module completed with an action plan and a reminder to add it to their resume and job/college applications. Those participants who complete all four modules will receive a certificate suitable for framing from the SDARJ.
Dates and times will be announced soon. Click here for more information.
