Courtney Clemente

New Life for High School Civics: Youth Organizers Campaign Successfully for Better Classes

Angie Encarnacion at the Hyde Square Task Force "Letís Vote Barbecue," Jamaica Plain, MA, July 2008. Photo: Rusulenni Castro
Authors: Courtney Clemente

Summary:

"We set up meetings with people we felt like were allies, and invited them to our hearing. It's hard to say no to a group of kids wanting to learn, wanting to make a difference."

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