This panel discussion with Jackson-Reed students will explore how the students’ engagement of local history is becoming a catalyst for action.
Over the past four years, students at Jackson-Reed High School have taken an active role in advocating on behalf of affordable housing in Ward 3. The Community Coalition for Change (CCC) is a social justice and community club started by Jackson-Reed students in 2019, committed to uncovering the history of Reno and promoting more affordable housing and diversity in Ward 3.
Jackson-Reed students and faculty have researched the deep and varied history of Fort Reno from the Civil War era forward–to include the story of Reno City, a Black community dismantled to make way for Alice Deal Middle School–in an effort to better understand how our community has evolved and changed. The results of their research were shared in an exhibit displayed in the windows of the old PEPCO substation on Wisconsin Ave in 2022-23.
This panel discussion will be lead by Assistant Principal and CCC faculty advisor Marc Minsker, accompanied by Franice Sewell, program analyst with the Civil War Defenses section of the National Park Service.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Educational Program |