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Welcome to the

Summer Racial Justice Academy 4

Capstone Project Presentations

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Peer Leaders:

Kali Ali

Keke Jones

Nadia Sylla

Mathias Mmunga

Aidan Aargraves

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Adult Partners:

Seham Alsakkaf

Autumn Bangoura

Maria Davies

Justin Hoy

Tammie Ledoux-Moody

Charity Lee-Wright

Felipe Vivanco

Korey Whitfield

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Special Thanks!

Karyn Vogel

Mika Moore

Teresa Giallorenzo

Sparks

BHS & EMS Administration

UP for Learning

All Heart Inspirations

Richard Kemp Center

Signe Daily & BCL

Burlington Community Justice Center

Howard Center

Education Justice Coalition of Vermont

King Street Youth Center

VSARN

Vergennes High School Social Justice Club

SOAR

Khadija Bangoura

Emma & Karli and BSD ELO

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SRJA Mission Sta te ment

At the Burlington School District Racial Justice Academy, we represent student leadership. We speak out for the needs of ourselves, our peers and our community. Every student, teacher, and staff brings a unique gift to this space. We bring authentic experience, brilliance, diversity and meaningful engagement. We value racial justice, honesty, deep learning, change, and healing. We work to build connections, organize for action, and share in collective power.

We will share power with adults in authentic ways.
We will share hard truths to uncover and expose racial bias in school systems.
We will create transformative change and work towards a more just future.
We will insist that school leaders listen to us and value the work of the youth.
We will disrupt white supremacy power structures in our schools.
We will work to dismantle oppressive systems, policies and practices.
We will use our power to create culture shifts to bring about positive change in the Burlington school district.
We will be seen and we will be heard.