During the fall of 2018, I interned at the Global Village Project (GVP), a non-profit specialty middle school for refugee girls who have had limited or interrupted formal education before coming to the United States. The students are between the ages of 12 and 18, come from all corners of the globe, and together speak…
Tag: dominance and marginalization
Who Teaches Whom: Identity and Representation in Education
About halfway into the Democracy, Diversity and Education class that I took at Agnes Scott College, we welcomed representatives from the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), a network of highly regarded Charter schools, to speak to our class. The representatives spoke passionately about how their schools serve under-resourced communities and propel their students to college….
Darling, Me Too: Feminist Approaches in Delta Rae’s “Hands Dirty”
I wrote the following song analysis for my “Contemporary Feminist Theory” course. Delta Rae is a powerful folk rock band who do not shy from inserting political themes in their music. On October 19th of this year, they released an anthem against gender inequality called “Hands Dirty” as a call to arms in…