We recently hosted the United States Department of Justice at Dover High School in February 2020 to conduct a one-day workshop with 100+ students to identify cultural issues impacting the student body. Other organizations that DREAM has partnered with include the University of New Hampshire, where we have benefited from both student and faculty support from their Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA). The DREAM group invited both the Dover Police Chief and local chapter NAACP President to spread a message of unity in working together to address police violence. The message that was conveyed at this vigil was one of peace, empathy and accountability. Our youth planned out the details of this vigil, communicated with community leaders and local police department and hosted an event that attracted over 1,000 people. This partnership has strengthened our community connections and our youth have been invited to events that include public speaking, meeting with educators and community leaders, and facilitating focus groups for community listening projects.Īn example of our youth’s commitment to social justice can be highlighted in their planning a candlelight vigil to show solidarity with the victims of in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and several other people of color in recent months. We are affiliated with the NAACP and serve as the Seacoast Youth Chapter of the NAACP that accepts youth from surrounding communities and collaborates with the adult chapter. We also had plans to send some young people on a trip to Washington DC to visit museums and monuments relevant to Black History through a grant from the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire. The onset of COVID-19 has slowed our progress in some projects that we were currently working on, such as taking a leadership role in the 2020 Youth Leadership Institute that is hosted by New England Youth Organizing Network (NEYON) and Center for Youth and Community Leadership in Education (CYCLE) through Roger Williams University.
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