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, don’t miss an opportunity to hear from students on reopening /COVID-19 vaccination efforts and what they think should happen in Prince George’s County at YSocialWork’s Mock PGCPS School Community Debate Simulation.
Mock PGCPS Community Debate Simulation
In just a few weeks, PGCPS will implement a hybrid learning schedule, where students can split their time between in-person and remote learning, and that families may opt into.
YSocialWork, Inc. wants 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 will receive a free YSocialWork hoodie or Baseball shirt!
