Johnston Teacher Learns About Social Injustice
A Bay View Academy teacher hears some powerful stories about poverty, economic injustice and slavery at a UN conference on the role of educators to push for social justice.
A history teacher at Bay View Academy in East Providence heard some powerful stories about poverty, economic inequality and human trafficking at a United Nations conference in New York City several weeks ago. Dennis Kennedy, of Johnston, attended a conference sponsored by the Committee on Teaching About the United Nations’ (CTAUN). It was titled “Advancing Social Justice, the Role of Educators," and included more than 550 high school teachers and college professors from around the nation. The conference included a keynote address by the U.N. Under-Secretary-General, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, and remarks from many, including Somaly Mam, one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People (2009) and founder of the Somaly Mam Foundation, …
