Final Day

Our final class went by so quickly. I was so in awe of all that the students had been working on. I found myself just quietly walking around the room, observing the students' posters and listening in on their conversations about the weekly topics.

Our topic as an umbrella was "poverty near and far" where we explored how it is systemic and how it affects marginalized populations locally and globally. But that umbrella covers a wider range of subtopics- how it affects beyond just people. It even affects our environment!

The students used their words and their creativity and poured all of their energy into posters that were used in a mock "march" for poverty. Seeing them practice their presentation, I felt very humbled to be in the same room as these scholars!





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