Sacred Heart Global Academy - Solidarity and Sustainability

The 2022–2023 Program is currently on hold and will not launch this fall. We look forward to sharing details about the program in the coming months. For more information, please contact Charlene Chuang.

With the Sacred Heart Goals and Criteria as our guide, this program is centered around equity, open communication, and the building of community. Participants of this program learn and apply the basic skills of dialogue through monthly, student-centered sessions. Students are encouraged to apply their learning to their own schools and local communities—either through daily interaction with their peers or teachers, or through deliberate actions and the creation of new programs.

There are two levels of this program.

Solidarity and Sustainability Level 1

Appropriate for students in grades 10 and 11 who may have some experience in dialogue training and/or leadership in their communities. We recommend that participating schools enroll at least 4 students in the program in order to ensure a successful peer experience.

Solidarity and Sustainability Level 2

Appropriate for any students who participated in Level 1.

Each program meets monthly between September and February according to each program schedule.

For more information, please contact Charlene Chuang.

Testimonials

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“I am so proud to be a part of [Solidarity and Sustainability]! In fact, a few of the girls recently participated in a Girls Conference at Mount St Vincent university and told me that they enjoyed it but it wasn't as fulfilling as S&S!” (Sacred Heart Faculty member and Alum)

“I have learned that I do not need to be extremely learned in a certain topic to be able to speak about it. As long as I speak from the “I” perspective, and stay with the facts, I can share whatever knowledge I might have.”

“The most important thing I learned from [Solidarity and Sustainability] is that we can all have varying opinions and still be able to work towards a common goal. Dialogue is a key element of this.”

“I have learned how important it is that conversations do not always end with an answer, sometimes conversations do not have a concrete response and take time and work.”

“Learning to use our [dialogue] skills in practical situations where the conversation could become tense/confrontational has helped us become stronger in our own beliefs.”