WELCOME TO CHANGE MAKERS AND POLICY CREATORS

ABOUT CHANGE MAKERS AND POLICY CREATORS

This project hopes to encourage youth to engage in policy reform and structured civil disobedience—moving towards a peaceful resolution to political disagreements. Students can use their understanding of policy, governance, and activism to address the inequality and violence they see in their communities. Policy proposals will address issues such as poverty, climate change, and racial injustice within students’ communities and move towards a democratic solution. The project will occur in one urban location, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and one rural, Bayfield, Colorado.The format of our project will be a series of 3 workshops, replicated in both locations, for 10-30 students in Bayfield and Colorado Springs. The workshops will lead up to a culminating convening with all the students. At the beginning of each workshop, we will deliver a lesson on ways to create change through policy and activism and begin to teach students how to write a policy proposal.

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