Raised the Black Lives Matter Flag
Helped to create an anti-racist curriculum at Edmunds Middle School
Presented Findings at the 2018 Annual UVM Research Consortium.
Presented Findings at the School Counseling Conference.
YPAR students led a surprise, school-wide “Walkout Against Racism”.
Proposed raising the BLM flag at Edmunds to the BSD school board
Black Lives Matter Flag Raising and Flag Raising Ceremony
Revised the school dress code to redress gender discrimination
Presented research to school leadership about the online learning inequities faced by EMS students
Delivered the keynote address at the annual Middle Grades Institute Conference
Won the 2021 Impact Award from the American Educational Research Association
Created a school-wide lesson to raised awareness about ableism and celebrated divergent thinking at our school
Created a Student Led Gender Task Force to give voice and disrupt the continued gender bias and discrimination present at our school
Presented at the John Dewey Memorial Conference
Invited to ask questions of the panel at the Flynn Theater’s Diversity Speaker Series
Students wrote and won a grant from the Vermont School Boards Association (VSBA), the Vermont Superintendents Association (VSA), and the Vermont Principals’ Association (VPA)
Organized student-led rally to share about gender discrimination issues for solidarity, connection, and change
Created new school policies for how and when femme-identifying students can leave the classroom when they feel uncomfortable
Gained approval and funding for the installation of cabinets in all bathrooms to house feminine products of all types for EMS community members to access for free
Designed a two-page pamphlet for families to explain their rights, who to contact, and how to ensure that their student receives all their entitled special education services from the school district
Designed a resource-rich rubric to support teacher learning related to anti-racist teaching, which many teachers across the district are using for their annual teaching goals
Designed and taught a lesson about gender, sexuality, and the use of pronouns that all students and staff at the school experienced. This lesson is now being shared with other schools across the district and organizations within the Burlington community.