When discussing advocacy with students, students have been able to understand the injustices in the world and form their opinions around those injustices based on conversations in class and through discussion-based activities. The Why America? Initiative, as well as classroom instruction, has provided students with information in ensuring that students are understanding of how past injustices have affected their communities, families, and themselves.
Students are learning to advocate for themselves through several different ways in the classroom. The most tangible of these ways includes advocating for themselves and their communities through writing letters to their elected officials and using a teacher-created program to advocate for themselves in their classroom and school.
