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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Democracy is more than one election, and students are finding many other ways to participate in the decisions affecting their lives. I met so many this October who are standing […]

It was a great week in Ohio,  with no shortage of controversy! First stop:  Sept. 20: Law & Leadership Institute at Moritz Law School in Columbus, live-streamed to Akron, Cincinnati […]

Kids have great ideas, but without the First Amendment, we’ d never hear them.   Chloe Olson-Rubiano had an idea… but her school thought it was too controversial.  Free speech […]

    Yesterday, at the Dirkson Senate Office Building,  I met a group of middle students from Cesar Chavez middle school  wearing “Statehood” buttons.  When I asked them why, 12 […]

What a summer! From Ferguson to the border, from Congress testimony to White House vigils,  kids took a stand. I met Rhaine when she spoke outside the White House on […]