Centennial High School的学生 Sameer H. 和 Alex D.

通过与Werklund教育学院的青年行动主义论坛的合作，Centennial High School的 Sameer H. 和 Alex D.庆祝了在 Shirley Steinberg 博士的《30岁以下的行动主义者：全球青年，社会正义和良好工作》中撰写的章节的出版，日期为5月12日。

在去年秋季的Werklund教育学院的青年行动主义论坛上，学生会成员有机会制定并决定他们在接下来的一年中最希望关注的事项。作为Centennial High School学生会的共同主席，Alex 和 Sameer 在2017-2018学年中勤奋工作，支持他们所宣称的目标，即为所有学生提供“公平机会”。

Centennial High School的学生会在今年组织了以下活动：

• 通过CIVIX组织学生投票；创建了一个校内奖学金，为无论年级点平均值如何，提供大学后进一步学习的支持；
• 组织了一次衣物交换活动，以确保学生对环境负责并得到公平机会；
• 组织并赞助了黑脚族语言课程，积极支持和解，赞助了一场海报比赛，提醒全校的人们，我们都是条约人，因此是和解的一部分；
• 为九年级学生提供了一个预览高中生活的机会，以减少焦虑和压力；
• 举办了一个多元文化周，庆祝和突显Centennial的多样性。

《30岁以下的行动主义者》提供了对青年行动主义的独特视角，突出了全球青年行动者所做的工作，同时还体现了青年行动者“论述他们自己的行动主义，目标，身份和需求”的声音。回顾他们作为学校领导者的一年所取得的成就和面临的挑战，Sameer 和 Alex 的章节“未来将在共同行走中发现”和“亲爱的同龄人”为他们作为青年行动者的工作提供了洞察，并阐述了为什么青年行动主义对高中生很重要，并向其他人传递了一种赋权的信息。

Sameer H., and Alex D., students at Centennial High School

Through their work with the Werklund School of Education’s Youth Activism Forum, Centennial High School’s Sameer H. and Alex D. celebrated the publication of authored chapters in Dr. Shirley Steinberg’s Activists Under 30: Global Youth, Social Justice, and Good Work on May 12.

At the Werklund School of Education’s Youth Activism Forum in the fall, members of Student Council were given the opportunity to develop and decide what they wished most to focus on throughout the upcoming year. As co-presidents of Centennial High School’s Student Council, Alex and Sameer worked diligently throughout the 2017-18 year to support their stated goal of providing “equitable opportunities to all students.”

Centennial High School Student Council this year organized:

• A student vote through CIVIX; created an in-school scholarship to provide support for post-secondary pursuits regardless of grade point average;
• Organized a clothing swap to ensure both environmental responsibility and equitable opportunities for students in their school;
• Organized and sponsored Blackfoot language classes to actively support reconciliation,
  sponsored a poster competition to remind all in the school that we are all treaty people and thus part of reconciliation;
• Provided opportunities for Grade 9's to preview a day of high school to reduce anxiety and stress; and,
• Hosted a multiculturalism week to celebrate and highlight the diversity in Centennial.

Activists Under 30 provides a unique view of youth activism, highlighting the work done by youth activists around the globe in addition to voices of youth activists as they “address their own activism, goals, identities, and needs. Reflecting on the accomplishments and challenges of their year as leaders in our school, Sameer’s and Alex’s chapters, “The Future Will be Found in Walking Together” and “Dear People My Age” provide insight into, and a moment of introspection for, their work as youth activists, why activism is important for high school students, and a message of empowerment for others.