Collaborative for Equity and Justice in Education  

Past Event

Social Justice Student Exposition
Friday, May 18, 2007

Organized by Chicago Youth Initiating Change (CYIC)
and the Collaborative for Equity and Justice in Education (CEJE)

Students, teachers, community members, and university faculty from diverse backgrounds and institutions worked side by side to address two fundamental voids facing social justice educational endeavors in Chicago: the lack of meaningful curricular development and sharing by teachers on a local level and the lack of organized student presentation and action opportunities. The First Annual Social Justice Student Exposition began to fill these interconnected voids by establishing opportunities for student-centered social justice learning, presenting, and action.

Students from public, private, charter, and faith based schools participated in this annual full-day event to demonstrate classroom learning of authentic social justice projects and cultural expressions.  Students presented their knowledge, skills, perspectives, experiments, actions, and expressions through any of the following aspects: encompassing interdisciplinary demonstration, presentation, and action techniques.       

Download the May 2007 flyer for more details on the Social Justice Student Exposition.

To view a promotional video of the May 2007 Exposition, please click here.

For more information and to get involved in the Spring 2008 Social Justice Student Exposition, please contact Anton Miglietta at antonmiglietta@sbcglobal.net, or Jackson Potter jpottery2002@yahoo.com.

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