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RUSD is teaming up with Mikva Challenge for the Action Civics Model Site Initiative.
RUSD is teaming up with Mikva Challenge for the Action Civics Model Site Initiative.
Over the next three years, RUSD teachers will be implementing Project Soapbox and other civic engagement projects with their students to increase the quality civic learning opportunities for students throughout Riverside.
Over the next three years, RUSD teachers will be implementing Project Soapbox and other civic engagement projects with their students to increase the quality civic learning opportunities for students throughout Riverside.
Soapbox Speech Tips
Check out this video where students present tips on how to engage with a crowd, deliver a soapbox speech to create concrete action, and gain support from the community.
Special Thanks to STEM HS and the RUSD ILE Team!
VIDEO HIGHLIGHT
VIDEO HIGHLIGHT
Soapbox Riverside
Soapbox Riverside
Special thanks to Benji Edgar, the Martin Luther King High School Good Day MLK Team and teacher Jamal Gerren for producing this segment!
Hit play and fast forward to 2:22 to hear student Veronica DeRuyter speak at Soapbox Riverside.
Project Soapbox calls on young people to develop and deliver an original 2-3 minute speech on an issue that matters to them.
Project Soapbox calls on young people to develop and deliver an original 2-3 minute speech on an issue that matters to them.
These powerful speeches have a lasting, transformative impact on classrooms, schools and communities.
These powerful speeches have a lasting, transformative impact on classrooms, schools and communities.
At Soapbox Riverside, students delivered speeches that address the question: "What is the biggest issue facing your community, and what should be done about it?
At Soapbox Riverside, students delivered speeches that address the question: "What is the biggest issue facing your community, and what should be done about it?
Acknowledgments
Thank you Poly High School for hosting our event! Many thanks to Principal Darel Hansen, ASB Director Nicole Berney, her student leadership team and Chris Markermorse and his theater team for helping to make this event happen!
A big shout out to student Benji Edgar for taking the initiative and offering to help film our event. We appreciate him and the Martin Luther King Video Production team under the leadership of Jamal Gerren for all their help in capturing these speeches!
Riverside Action Civics Projects 2022
Riverside Action Civics Projects 2022
Click here to hear RUSD students speak about their Spring 2022 Action Civics Projects! Issue areas include LGBTQ+ mental health, educational equity, immigration, urban planning, and the human and environmental impact of Fast Fashion.
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