Teaching to Change LA > Youth Voices > Vol. 5, Issue 1 > Electoral Politics
Issue 1 > Electoral Politics
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This year, Teaching to Change LA invites youth, educators, and community members to explore how Los Angeles schools can promote powerful civic participation. People participate civically in many ways. They volunteer, vote, speak at public meetings, create murals, gather signatures on petitions, perform spoken word... (To read more, click here.)

UCLA/IDEA's Summer Seminar
From July 6 to August 6, IDEA convened 25 urban youth to examine youth civic learning in four communities across Los Angeles. The youth explored three questions: 1) What civic lessons do young people learn in and outside of Los Angeles-area schools? 2) What does it mean for LA youth to participate powerfully in civic life? 3) How can LA youth learn to participate in such ways? (To read more, click here.)
PhotoEast LA
by Carl Jackson, Jessyca Gilmore, Denisse Bedola, Oscar Jimenez, Roxana Flores, Henry Espinoza, and Byron Perez

PhotoCrenshaw
by Jenny Aguilar, Marco de la Torre, Whitney Reynolds, Francisco Romo, and Tanyea Thomas

PhotoWest LA
by Gilbert Valle, Ryan Bell, Edrei Alas, and Roderick Piggee

 PhotoWatts
by Jeniffer Aguilar, Saul Antonio, Deion Barrientos, Daniel Cendejas, Ginna Dominguez, Jennifer Gonzalez, and Stanley Settle II

Summer Seminar Encourages Political Participation Among Los Angeles Youth
by Denisse Bedola
As summer arrives, many teenagers plan on going out with friends or going on trips with their families while others look for summer employment. However, there are those few who choose to spend their summer changing the world. (To read more, click here.)
Student Papers
"The hunger for more knowledge is what feeds the researcher’s drive for evidence. The researcher’s ultimate satisfaction is only granted by a personal sense of completion. We all should be equipped with this hunger."

- Ryan Bell, Crenshaw HS
On Being a Critical Researcher
by Marco de la Torre

“Many times, communities surrounding inner city schools are aware that their schools are in shambles. However, what they see is not supplemented with raw data. They know that many kids don’t graduate, but they don’t know the exact percent. If they did, they might be inspired to protest.”
On Being a Critical Researcher
 by Jennifer Gonzalez

“I’m a good citizen because I participate politically, am involved with my community and school, and I use critical research in my participation.”

Student Videos

VideosTCLA's Video Documentaries
Over the past four years, UCLA's IDEA has supported LA students and parents in the production of short video documentaries about educational equity.
Photo Essay

VideosUCLA/IDEA 2004 Summer Seminar
This past summer, students attending IDEA's summer seminar studied civic participation in Los Angeles schools. The above link features a photo essay of the seminar.
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