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"Actions in Spotlight has encouraged me to learn more about why these inequalities exist and how society can resolve them through the implementation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals."
"Actions encourages other young people to learn more and speak out for the causes they support; our voices will be heard."
Nonfiction in response to Partnerships for the Goals
May 2019
When I was little, my teachers taught my peers and me skills like adding and subtracting, reading and writing. They also taught us other skills like sharing with each other, talking about our problems, and negotiating solutions. These are basic principles...
By Georgia Bernbaum
May 2019
Nonfiction in response to Partnerships for the Goals
To achieve all 16 goals, the United Nations put forth the 17th goal which encourages collaboration between public and private sector to achieve the goals.Schools, public or private, play an important role to help achieve this 17th goal. They should prepare the future...
By Grace Muresan
Poem in response to Affordable and Clean Energy
July 2018
Forgotten
By Caroline Sun
Click.
Before you can even blink,
the lights flicker
on, illuminating your room
with a brilliant
glow.
This
is what you, and millions
of others
across the continent,
have come to
expect.
Because
that’s how easy it is for us.
We flip a switch, turn a knob,
press a button; we
forget
about the others.
The ones
who can’t just turn on the AC
to escape
the merciless sun,
or grab a cold soda from the
fridge.
The ones
who have to fight for even their
freedom,
who don’t have a car, a
phone, or even
a toilet.
The ones
who don’t have the world at their
fingertips,
whose people are sick, hungry,
dying. All because we
forgot.