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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 Life Below Water
February 2019
Ocean Paint
By Caroline Sun

Seagrass
covers undulating fields, whisper-soft green
Small fish
Streak, tiny orange comets in a vast ocean
Coral
bursts, fiery explosions of volcano red
Anemone
tremble, pink fingers waving lazily
Life,
nothing but
Flicks
of a brush on a blue-black canvas
Then, a flash
of black and white and grey
Plastic
tossing in the frothing
waters;
silver flecks
of aluminum, too-pale
stars in a sickly
sky;
drifting nets
unfurl, curling tentacles
reaching;
escape
escape
escape
Grey scarred hide
white bloated bags
black.
Dark,
hungry.