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Semester Theme : Solidarity and Resistance
Essential Question: How do we build solidarity among our communities and utilize it to resist injustice?
Act Project Description
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ACT (Acting for Critical Transformations)
Seeds of Solidarity: Fighting for the Rights of Migrant Farm Workers
We will learn about the harmful and exploitative aspects of the agriculture industry and fight for the rights of migrant farm workers.
Play: Mother Road by Octavio Solis
GOAL Project Description
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GOAL (Get Out And Learn)
Bodies in Motion: Movement, Migration, and the Need to Come Together
We will explore how the US has been shaped by human immigration and animal migration.
Book: Solito, Solita edited by Steven Meyers and Johnathan Freedman
MADE Project
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MADE (Making, Advertising, and Designing for Empowerment)
Fighting Fast Fashion: Designing Toward Sustainability and Equity
We will examine the harmful impacts of the fast fashion industry by tracing the life cycle of clothing from production to consumer.
Book: Feed by MT Anderson
MARS Project
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MARS (Music and Academics Resisting the System)
Sounds of Solidarity: Effective Resistance Through Music
We will study resistance movements and use this knowledge to make effective action plans for solving pressing issues in our communities.
Book: Shut Up, This is Serious by Carolina Ixta
WALC Project
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WALC (Wilderness Arts and Literacy Collaborative)
Interconnections: History and Action in Our Watershed
We will focus on watersheds: where our water comes from, the land it flows through, and how our actions affect the land and the water within it.
Book: Watershed by Percival Everett.
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