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To reach, connect, and engage diverse communities across the nation, Communities In Schools is using the medium of mosaic art to illustrate the vital role we all play in seeing the story within every student. Each mosaic portrait is assembled with elements from students’ lives that represent who they are as individuals as well as the Communities In Schools services that helped them succeed.
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For many young people in the United States, a first job is not a choice but an obligation.
Students gathered at the AT&T Forum for Technology, Entertainment, and Policy for the 20th Annual HACEMOS High Tech Day
CIS of the Nation’s Capital site coordinator Monique Baker is working with students to combat bullying at Cardozo Educational Campus.
“I’ve been called ‘big nose’, they make fun of my curly hair, and I get bullied for my accent. They call my language stupid. I get bullied for my skin color all the time, they say my skin is too Black. I don’t know what that means, but it hurts me,” Janet, a seventh grader at Cardozo Education Campus in Washington, DC, says of her experience with bullies, an example of the persistent problem facing youth across the country.
Continue reading “Hurt Kids Hurt Kids: How One D.C. School is Attempting to Break the Bully Cycle”
Walking down Clifton Street on the morning of August 20th, you would have noticed the sounds first. Music drifted down from the entrance of the Cardozo Education Campus, punctuated by the shouts of children and teenagers excited, and a bit nervous, for the first day of the school year. Some students may have been more anxious than others, having arrived at school without the necessary supplies, unsure of how they were going to write down their schedules or complete their assignments.