What We've Covered and Accomplished

Extended Homeroom Discussion (Partnership with GSA and Girl Up)

We were working on preparing for a grade 11 extended homeroom discussion, addressing issues and topics that were addressed in the survey concerning prejudice that was sent to the upper school.

The topics being covered are:

• Transphobia

• Homophobia

• Sexism

• Racism

• Classism

• Calling Out

• Ableism

• Intersectionality and Implicit Bias

Voting Registration for Students with American Citizenship

We are currently working on offering support to students with American citizenship who would be eligible to register for voting in elections.

Voter suppression

In the United States at least there is not much education about how and why citizens should vote, and many people do not even know that they need to register to vote. Every American voting from abroad needs to re-register every year to be able to vote. Being that almost every American student in grade 12 and even many in grade 11 will be able to vote soon (because the mid-terms are coming up) we thought it would be important to know how to register. The reason we wanted to start an event for this in the first place is because of how common voter suppression is in The United States. Voter suppression is " a strategy used to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing specific groups of people from voting." Much of the voter suppression in the united states is targeted at BIPOC (black indigenous and people of color) communities as well as poorer communities. The more people participating in democracy the better it can work thus, we chose to do this event.

• Workshops during lunch

There will be students in the foyer outside the cafeteria during lunch (12:00-12:30), from March 30 to April 6th, to help eligible American Citizens register for voting, on behalf of Youth Against Prejudice. We are targeting seniors with this because they will be gone after the Spring break, but other eligible students are welcome to come. In order to register it is essential that you have the following information:

• Social Security Number

• Specifics on the last place of residency in the US