Before seminar, participants selected one reading or video from a pre-set list to write a reflection on and were matched with another participant who chose the same option. “My culture and history are not limited to the classroom, and discussions of race and equity are not limited to this seminar.” - Rachel Nguyen, Walter Payton College PrepĪfter touring and discussing the exhibit, the group spent time digging deeper on the issue of race and equity through a pen pal activity. Lane Tech College Prep senior Daniel Dardon noted that, by not teaching this hard history, we’re setting ourselves up to continue this repetition of injustices. Others noted the ways in which these historical injustices mirror today’s injustices – the suffrage movement and white feminism, the grape farmers and minimum wage workers, and Japanese internment and immigrant holding facilities. As Epic Academy student Caitlyn Gill looked at the dates each of these events occurred, she realized that the fight for these freedoms was in the not-so-distant past. The discussion focused on four historical events – Japanese internment, the United Farm Workers’ grape boycott, women’s suffrage movement, and slavery – each representing various ways in which freedom, or the loss thereof, has shaped our country’s narrative and the numerous communities who have fought for equity throughout history. Through a guided conversation and object-based learning activity, participants explored the ever-changing and incomplete definition of freedom in America, and the ongoing fight to expand who has freedom and in what ways.
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