Across the country, many school districts are acknowledging the need for increased respect for and recognition of diversity, inclusion and skills in socio-emotional development. Parents. educators and other mentors are recognizing the continued impact of exclusion, historic bias and unwarranted privilege. Many mentors, teachers, group facilitators, storytellers and others are finding and creating ways to hep students become student leaders whose voices and actions make an empathetic difference in the present and for the future. In our panel presentation and discussion, we’ll share the development and direction of one such project, Ambassadors of Change, how it continues to nurture its student leaders, and how it hopes and plans to grow from one school district’s transformational program to a multi-district community-building project.
