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Author Archives: marybethtinker

Back to school, back to the 1st Amendment

October 5, 2021by marybethtinker Leave a comment

Last year, students in Jacksonville, Florida formed a youth group called EVAC to stand up for racial justice. They got their school’s name changed from Robert E. Lee High School […]

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Agnes & Virginia at a protest in Washington DC

“The Fierce Urgency of Now”

August 20, 2020by marybethtinker Leave a comment

  “When you see something that is not right, you must say something …each generation must do its part.”  Thousands of youth are following these words of wisdom shared by […]

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Student Voices, Student Action!

February 24, 2018by marybethtinker Leave a comment

What mighty times we are in!  With the horrible school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas on February 14th, and after years of daily news reports of kids being shot and […]

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Spring is for students’ rights!

April 22, 2016by marybethtinker Leave a comment

How old should a student have to be to vote for the next president? What about the next president of the school board? Should more money go to school budgets?  […]

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What A Difference 50 Years -& A Supreme Court Victory- Makes!

January 29, 2016by marybethtinker Leave a comment

Great things are going on in the Des Moines schools.  Music, drama, poetry, art, debate, journalism… with so many student voices coming alive. We celebrated them in December, as part […]

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Press Release: Tinker Tour Heads to Des Moines, Iowa For 50th Anniversary

December 9, 2015by marybethtinker Leave a comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 9, 2015 Events Planned in Des Moines, Iowa, Schools to Mark 50th Anniversary of  “Tinker” Black Armband Events     A week of events in the […]

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Why students need a voice… & a vote…

November 18, 2015by marybethtinker Leave a comment

I hate to see students’ rights violated But I’ve seen it too often-  in my job as a nurse, on the news, and in schools.   And, I’ve seen how […]

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New school year, new students take a stand!

September 28, 2015by marybethtinker Leave a comment

It was a great week in Boston visiting Cambridge Rindge and Latin HS, Graham and Parks Elementary, education students at Tufts University, law students at Suffolk Law and journalism students […]

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“These Are Mighty Times!”

May 1, 2015by marybethtinker Leave a comment

I met Colin at New York University Law School.  He said these are “mighty times” because so much is going on, and so many students are speaking up.  As I […]

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February: Black history, justice, journalism

March 3, 2015by marybethtinker Leave a comment

N. Dakota is beautiful in February, especially when student journalists move a press rights bill through the state legislature! It all started as a student project at the University of […]

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