Did these students learn about the Constitution and laws which guarantee their freedom to choose what to do with their lives? Did they learn tolerance for other ideas about social justice which may conflict with theirs? Did they learn any perspective in which to place their ideas of social justice?
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During their time at CRLS, graduates represented youth perspectives on committees and councils, organized and facilitated workshops on racial identity and achievement, questioned the city on opportunities for women during Women’s History Month discussions, collected thousands of pounds of food for local pantries, and they walked out of class on Dec. 1, 2014, to take over Harvard Square in protest of racism after the Ferguson grand jury decision.
“We were the first students in over 20 years to have a walkout,” student body President Sydney Fisher said. “Because of us, not just Rindge, but Cambridge as a whole had to reflect on their inner racism.
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CRLS kicked off the ceremony held at the Frisoli Field House by welcoming guests and graduates in 14 of the 20 languages spoken by the members of the Class of 2015, including Italian, Arabic, Haitian Creole, Spanish and Portuguese.
According to Fisher, her classmates are destined for great things. They will work on global warming, fight gentrification and end genocide of trans women and men and the Black Lives Matter movement, she said.
http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20150605/NEWS/150607281/?Start=1
‘We're Falcons' — Cambridge Class of 2015 known for social-justice efforts
By Sara Feijo
sfeijo (at) wickedlocal.com
Cambridge Chronicle
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