Human Rights
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Pulitzer Center Update
Grantee Nadja Drost One of Few Freelancers Awarded a Pulitzer Prize
Every year, the Pulitzer Prizes are awarded to exemplary journalists, photographers, writers...
June 17, 2021 -
Lesson Plans
Creating Comics: Using Storyboards and Comics to Share Personal Migration Stories in the ESL Classroom
Students analyze underreported news stories of migration, evaluate connections to the reporting, and write a story that they will graphically illustrate as a comic style/storyboard.
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Students analyze press coverage of youth migration, then create projects that demonstrate their empathy for, and understanding of, youth migration at all stages of the journey to the U.S. border.
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Students examine the legacy of discrimination developed under European Imperialism and Enlightenment, and research disruptors in their own communities who have fought against exclusion and oppression.
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Mining has gained ground in the Venezuelan Amazon. Communities near mining areas are suffering from...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Land Grab Universities, Mapping Makoko, and Built to Last Win Sigma Data Journalism Awards
Pulitzer Center-supported projects Land-Grab Universities, Mapping Makoko, and Built to Last have...
June 16, 2021 -
Students investigate global and local environmental issues and explore stories that celebrate activists. Then students create posters that highlight environmental issues in Chicago.
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Pulitzer Center Update
The Pulitzer Prize: What It Takes, What It’s Worth
Braving the Darien Gap, Exposing Uighur Repression, Bringing Home the Reality of Climate Change
June 15, 2021 -
Lesson Plans
Equity and COVID-19
Students analyze inequities in COVID-19 vaccine distribution, develop digital literacy skills to make informed decisions about the vaccine, and then engage in civic action work to promote equity in...
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Lesson Plans
Empowering students to shape pandemic budgets
Students investigate the impact of COVID-19 on marginalized communities in Chicago, identifying issues that matter to them, to participate in discussions about CPS budget allocations as an advocate...
