{"id":12828,"date":"2020-01-29T01:42:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T01:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=12828"},"modified":"2020-01-29T01:42:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T01:42:54","slug":"young-leaders-embracing-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/29\/young-leaders-embracing-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Leaders Embracing Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"

OUR VOICE COUNTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Back row, left to right: Royce Mussman (co-faculty sponsor for Cutthroats for Change), Bridgette Silva, Julia Ott, Emma Desserault, Jasper Mott, Charlotte Davis-Jeffers
Front row (seated), left to right: Etienne Blumberg, Emily Boettger, Sophie Harder, Tallulah Gilbreath, Lauren Marziliano (co-faculty sponsor for Cutthroats for Change). Missing: Daphne Achilles, Paola Alvarado, Rye Fruehling, Thea Todd, Priya Merchant, Ethan Hunt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am a senior at Sun Valley Community School, and I am a member of our school\u2019s social justice club, Cutthroats for Change. Our club focusses on fostering diversity, equity and inclusion. We strive to create a more inclusive and accepting environment. We meet weekly and discuss important issues and topics such as race, gender and sexual orientation.<\/p>\n

Our club is made up of passionate students and faculty who collaborate to participate in something meaningful to us all. The club started a few years ago. It has been really interesting and truly eye-opening for me to be involved. I\u2019ve been exposed to an expanse of different people\u2019s experiences and have become more appreciative of different perspectives. I\u2019ve learned to be more open and compassionate to everyone I encounter.<\/p>\n

Our club informs our student body about important events and topics relating to diversity, equity and inclusion. We strive to get everyone engaged and involved in opportunities to support diversity and acceptance at school and in our community.<\/p>\n

We led an assembly regarding Columbus Day incorporating Indigenous People\u2019s Day and how it is a way to celebrate and honor Native Americans and commemorate their cultures, their histories, and their continued presence and future. We feel that addressing the one-sided, Eurocentric narrative of history is critical for creating lasting change.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve loved working to spread kindness and inclusion, celebrating diversity, and seeing people at my school unite over pressing and relevant topics. It is important to care about diversity and equity because, when people are compassionate and there is inclusion across the board, it benefits all of us. People are empowered, and when people are empowered, they can become their best selves, which benefits the whole community.<\/p>\n

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Tallulah Gilbreath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We intend to collaborate with other schools in the future and grow our role in the county. Our generation has an opportunity to push our society across the threshold of the tipping point to true diversity and inclusion, and that is what we are trying to do.<\/p>\n

* This was a speech given at the Youth Empowerment Success Leadership Movement dinner and fundraiser event on Dec. 7, 2019. <\/em><\/p>\n

NUESTRA VOZ CUENTE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soy una estudiante en el \u00faltimo a\u00f1o de Sun Valley Community School, y soy miembro de nuestro club de justicia social llamado \u201cCutthroats for Change\u201d (Cutthroats por el cambio).<\/p>\n

Nuestro club se enfoca en fomentar la diversidad, la equidad, y la inclusi\u00f3n. Nuestra meta es crear un ambiente m\u00e1s inclusivo y tolerante en nuestra escuela. Nos reunimos una vez a la semana y discutimos temas y t\u00f3picos importantes como la raza, el g\u00e9nero, y la orientaci\u00f3n sexual.<\/p>\n

Nuestro club est\u00e1 compuesto de estudiantes y profesores apasionados que se unen y colaboran para participar en algo que es significativo para todos nosotros. El club empez\u00f3 hace unos a\u00f1os. Ha sido muy interesante y verdaderamente revelador ser parte de este club. He sido expuesta a las experiencias de muchas personas diferentes y me ha hecho ser m\u00e1s apreciativa de perspectivas distintas. He aprendido a ser m\u00e1s abierta y compasiva con todas las personas.<\/p>\n

Nuestro club informa a los estudiantes acerca de eventos o temas importantes relacionados a la diversidad, la equidad, y la inclusi\u00f3n. Tratamos de involucrar a todos en oportunidades para apoyar la diversidad y la aceptaci\u00f3n en nuestra escuela y comunidad. Llevamos a cabo una asamblea en la escuela sobre el D\u00eda de Col\u00f3n y el D\u00eda de la Raza y como este d\u00eda es una manera de honrar a los nativos americanos y conmemorar sus culturas, historias, y su continua presencia y futuro. Sentimos que corregir la narrativa unidireccional y euroc\u00e9ntrica de la historia es cr\u00edtico para crear cambio perdurable.<\/p>\n

Me ha gustado much\u00edsimo ser parte de este club y trabajar para difundir la amabilidad y la inclusi\u00f3n, celebrar la diversidad, y ver a la gente en mi escuela unirse por temas importantes y relevantes. Es importante preocuparse sobre la diversidad y la equidad porque cuando las personas son compasivas y hay inclusi\u00f3n en todos los \u00e1mbitos nos termina beneficiando a todos. Adem\u00e1s, empodera a las personas, y cuando las personas se sienten empoderadas ellas pueden tener su mejor desempe\u00f1o, lo cual beneficia a toda la comunidad.<\/p>\n

Tenemos la intenci\u00f3n de colaborar con otras escuelas en el futuro y aumentar nuestro rol en el condado. Nuestra generaci\u00f3n tiene la oportunidad de empujar a nuestra sociedad a trav\u00e9s del umbral que nos separa de la verdadera diversidad e inclusi\u00f3n, y eso es lo que estamos intentando realizar.<\/p>\n

Nuestra Voz Cuente (Our Voice Counts), by Tallulah Gilbreath, is a guest advertorial hosted by Herbert Romero and sponsored by Kiki Tidwell.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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