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"Actions encourages other young people to learn more and speak out for the causes they support; our voices will be heard."
"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

Our Creative Response to the 1st Goal: No Poverty
Article-No Poverty
Nonfiction in response to No Poverty
January 2018
Winter in Maryland. A time of frost, snow, and chilly winds. A time when most people zip up their winter coats and throw on a hat and gloves before heading out the door. A time, for most, of warm crackling fires, steamy hot chocolate...
By Kelsey Cashman
Nonfiction in response to No Poverty
January 2018
It often feels like society is progressing at an incredibly fast rate and innovating on an unprecedented level. Yet, the core issues of socioeconomic inequality and poverty that have plagued society for centuries are still far too prevalent in the world today...
By Amrita Bhasin
Nonfiction in response to No Poverty
January 2018
Did you know that approximately 22,000 children die each day because of poverty? Did you also know that one missile costs the same amount it would take to feed a school of hungry children every day for five years?
By Karen Wu
Poem in response to No Poverty
January 2018
Among twenty sleeping campesinos,
The only thing moving
Was the pencil of a girl...
By Jenny Li
Poem in response to No Poverty
January 2018
If you can’t face the fac(e)ts of the coin;
Even as lives flicker on its rim,
Each cent a greater weight, a line in the sand;
Consider...
By Ilana Arougheti
Poem in response to No Poverty
January 2018
We are far from home.
Empty fields,
empty house.
We left...
By Caroline Sun
Nonfiction in response to No Poverty
January 2018
Orlando is the Theme Park Capital of the World, literally. Just a year ago, the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc. trademarked that slogan in recognition of the fact that the area’s multiple theme parks are the biggest draw...
By Georgia Bernbaum
Poem in response to No Poverty
January 2018
We live in a bubble,
Gilded with gold.
We can’t see the trouble,
The sorrow untold...