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Free Spirit Media

Chicago, IL

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Connected Educator(s): Kenyetta Johnson

Student Stories

  • Women of color find mental health care at Sista Afya
  • A Testament of the Human Spirit: Defying ALS
  • Gardening organization services entire community with organically grown food
  • AIR gets fitness routines off the ground
  • Speech pathologist brings Snoezelen to Chicago to help students with disabilities
  • Game lab engages teens in sex education
  • Chicago youth challenge images of violence in local news cycle
  • “I just had to change my life” Chicago teen reflects on gang-related deaths that altered his life
  • Students explore summer science in Chicago
  • Academic rigor keeps Chicago students on track

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  • STEM and Health Student Reporting Labs tackle the worlds of engineering and health science
  • Student reporters explore changing narratives around stereotypes and misconceptions
  • Students relay their messages to the new president
  • Youth seek solutions as Chicago’s violent summer continues

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Major support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Science Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Frieda Berlinski Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and the Society for Professional Journalists.

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