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A JAM is an opportunity to party on line around common interests and a quest to increase understanding about something we are exploring together. We will be hosting 2 JAMS on DISCORD to prepare for this years MCNC Student Leadership Conference. It is always better if students come prepared with questions, ideas, information and specific interest. This page should be a resource to help you navigate the topics and questions we will be addressing. There are 3 links.
1. INSTRUCTIONS FOR GETTING ON AND SIGNING UP TO DISCORD
2. TIPS FOR JAMMING. Things to consider and ways to get the most out of any online dialogue.
3. A RESOURCE BANK : Some suggested texts, videos, images, and audio reports that cover the context and content of the upcoming discussion. We suggest that you share the entire list with students and ask them to choose 1 area of interest and watch or read at least 3 items so that they are coming to the Jam with some accurate information or the opinion of a specific person or group with interest in the area. We also encourage any student or teacher to send me or the Mott Team any videos, articles, images, etc that have made an impact on you and we will add them to the current list. It is by no means comprehensive- so we welcome all contributions.
THE JAM THREADS
JAM #1 - Discussion Threads for Discord
THREAD 1: Getting to Know You and Why You Are Here.
These are ice breaker questions to get to know our group, but they should also be used to cement the idea that we are in a mission together: TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS NECESSARY 100 YEARS OUT.
So we want to ask things such as, but not limited to:
- Who are you?
- What's your environment like?
- Think physical environment outside - actual environmental challenges.
- Think your personal inside environment - your household.
- What are some challenges that you see are surfacing in your environment?
- What are some things in your personal life that make you want to stand up for the environment?
- What small things could you do to help the environment?
- What's your Team Focus? (Haiku Deck Theme) Why?
- Based on your issue and your environment, who or what are some experts that you have contacted or are going to contact that can help you gain a deeper understanding of the problem?
- What do you hope to accomplish or learn throughout the Leadership Conference experience?
THREAD 2: Over the last year alone, we have witnessed, and or experienced devastating effects of climate change as a result of our neglect or abuse of the environment. Situations such as fires in California, Brazil, and Australia, flooding and hurricanes in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, North Carolina, and Indonesia; water infrastructure degradation and neglect in Flint and Newark, PFAS proliferation, mine disasters, and Black Lung Disease in mining communities, federal policy change proposals such as the one put forth this week to modify the NEPA and eliminate the need to evaluate large scale projects on the basis of Environmental Impact, the rollback of EPA regulations and information to the public, and on and on, etcetera and etcetera. Action to mitigate current emergencies and creative and innovative planning for the future are necessary, but where does the responsibility lie?
Using information you have learned so far in your community consider the following:
- Government is responsible for creating, enacting, and monitoring regulations of systems (energy, transportation, healthcare, business and industry, agriculture, clean water and air, education, finance, security).
- What actions are needed from the government (federal, state, local)?
- What actions are needed from you as an individual and where are your personal efforts best directed?
- Can survival occur with or without either one? If governance at the system level does not occur, is individual change enough? Can we survive? Can we thrive? Explain your thinking.
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