Friends Council Students Host Upper School Teach-In Day

On Thursday, March 15, the Upper School held its annual "teach-in" day, led by students in the Friends Council and facilitator Steve Ganong. This year's theme centered on the criminal justice system. They screened the documentary film 13th and enjoyed a panel discussion that included local professionals: Andre Hakes, local lawyer, partner at Tucker Griffin Barnes PC and Tandem parent; Josh Bowers, professor of criminal law at UVA, former public defender and Tandem parent; Nicole Snyder, Fountain Fund; Ross Carew, Offender Aid and Restoration, Charlottesville. There were student-led query groups in which they took time to process the morning's information. After lunch, students chose two of the following to attend: viewing and discussing the documentary Concrete, Steel, and Paint; viewing and discussing the  documentary The Return; a workshop on Putting Together the Pieces of the Prison Industrial Complex; the New Jim Crow workshop looking at the war on drugs; a workshop on How To Talk It Out: Negotiation at the Peace Mat; and a reading/writing workshop based on the prison writings of Jimmy Santiago Baca. This full day ended with a Meeting for Worship.
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