An interview with Mariana Ramirez (PLI Cohort 17) from the Math, Science, and Technology Magnet Academy at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles.
Just Talk
Energizing the civic engagement of youth from immigrant families: Veronica Terriquez
ShareTweetSubscribe In this week’s Just Talk, John Rogers sits down with Veronica Terriquez, an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to discuss the civic engagement…
Read MoreMarching for Justice: May Day, 2017
ShareTweetSubscribe On May 1, 1886, Lucy Gonzalez Parsons led 80,000 people—many immigrant laborers—down the streets of Chicago in the world’s first May Day Parade. Parsons, who had been born into…
Read MoreLeading With Social Justice and Humanity: Jose Luis Navarro
ShareTweetSubscribe In this week’s Just Talk, John Rogers sits down with Jose Luis Navarro, the principal of Social Justice Humanitas Academy (SJHA). SJHA is a pilot high school located at…
Read MoreRestoring Justice Through Dialogue and Critical Hope: The Urban Scholar Compadres
ShareTweetSubscribe In this week’s Just Talk, John Rogers sits down with three students at Roosevelt High School who are members of “Urban Scholar Compadres” to discuss restorative justice. Teacher Eddie…
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