{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Empathy to Impact: Student Voices on Global Citizenship Education & Community Engagement","title":"A Powerful Example of Advocacy, Self Discovery & Raising Awareness of Local Issues at COJOWA","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2002,"description":"Guiding Question:\nHow might we empower our students by giving them freedom and agency to explore local issues that they are passionate about and utilize their public speaking skills to connect with local policy makers to raise awareness and inspire change?\nKey Takeaways:\nA different take on service learning and advocacy to raise awareness about important issues in our local community through public speaking.\nModeling best practices in PBL by presenting work to an authentic audience.\nUsing service learning as a vehicle to get to know more about our local community.\nHow service learning experiences build essential skills and mindsets that shape students’ next steps as they move on from high school by giving them real-world experience.   \nIf you have enjoyed this podcast please take a moment to subscribe, and also we’d appreciate it if you could leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. The way the algorithm works, this helps our podcast reach more listeners. Thanks from IC for your support. \nLearn more about how Inspire Citizens co-designs customized student leadership and changemakers programs\nLearn more about the amazing service learning program at COJOWA\nConnect with more stories from the Inspire Citizens network in our vignettes\nMeasuring the IMPACT of Service Learning projects and initiatives \nAccess free resources for global citizenship education\nShare on social media using #EmpathytoImpact\nEpisode Summary \n\nOn this episode, I meet Matilde, Dominique, Laura, Marianna, Sophia, & Miguel, an amazing group of seniors from Colegio Jorge Washington (COJOWA) in Cartagena, Colombia. These students were involved in a service learning project where they had the freedom and agency to choose a topic important to them that impacts their local community. This was an interdisciplinary project that was part of their Spanish language and sociales (Spanish social studies) classes that involved public speaking. Their job was to create a speech to inspire change in...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2Fc8R-axDnMmkA4SfKzbxRUsVcJ8C8o-SkcHYKRqv1A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84OWNj/NGNiNjA3MDRlNWE5/ZDA3Zjk3YTExNTZm/NWYwNi5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}