Where High School Students Voice Equity Across Different Groups of Constituency.
What happens when high school students are given the opportunity to role play a School Board Hearing during the most pivotal time in history?
What will they say, how are they heard, and what strategies do they want to put in place?
Reopen PGCPS 2021
On March 31, in the heart of COVID-19 pandemic, high school students from Prince George’s County participated YSocialWork’s Mock PGCPS School Community Debate Simulation to don’t miss an opportunity to give voice regarding reopening /COVID-19 vaccination efforts within their school district.
Mock PGCPS Community Debate Simulation
During this time, PGCPS began to implement a hybrid learning schedule, where students would split their time between in-person and remote learning, and that families may opt into.
YSocialWork, Inc. saw this as an opportunity to embrace PGCPS’s prioritization of health, safety, equity and excellence through promoting an intellectual thought exchange between high school students surrounding reopening.
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Time: 6-8 PM EST
Watch: Competency Training #4: Advancing Human Rights; Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
High school students were asked how health and social justice are connected using the Social Determinants of Health framework. Students discussed how they have seen or made connection to different aspects of health inequities across social environments.
This competency session was facilitated by Dr. Corey Shdaimah, L.L.M., Daniel Thursz Distinguished Professor of Social Justice and Academic Coordinator for the MSW/JD and MSW/MPP dual degrees at the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work.
Mock School Board
The Winning Team won a free YSocialWork hoodie or Baseball shirt!
