Speak Truth: A Student-Led Conversation about Undesign the Redline

To register, visit inspiredteaching.org and search for Undesign the Redline. Through student-facilitated conversations, Speak Truth participants learn to productively and respectfully discuss current, controversial topics. At this event, DC-area high school students who register will form a circle to discuss their thoughts and reactions to the Undesign the Redline exhibit. Students who participate will receive community service hours. The audience, who will sit in an outer circle, will listen and learn from them. Registration for audience members is encouraged but not required. The Center for Inspired Teaching has sponsored and will facilitate this program. The Center is a social change nonprofit organization that champions the power of curiosity and is dedicated to transforming the school experience from compliance-based to engagement-based.​ Speak Truth programs sponsored by the Center are student led, student driven conversations on current events that enable students to defend their stances on issues and help them develop and recognize the power of their voices. Jenna Fournel is Director of Teaching and Learning, and has been involved with Center for Inspired Teaching since 2004. She has worked in the education field for more than 20 years. Jenna began her career as a high school English teacher and has served as Director of Communications for both Inspired Teaching and the National Council of Teachers of English. This program is presented in association with Undesign the Redline, an exhibit created by Designing the We that explores the history of explicit race-based exclusion, specifically in upper Northwest DC. The exhibit helps us understand why inequities in housing and wealth persist, and encourages us to ask how we can “undesign” these wrongs. Suitable for middle-school aged children and older. Undesign the Redline is on display from April 11-July 11, 2024 at the Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library, 3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW. Find the schedule of other programs and learn more at undesigndc.org.