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NC Must Provide More Culturally Relevant Practices
“It would be great if we could have funding to have mandatory training programs for teachers so that they could be really educated about what's going on. So they're...
Shoresides accepts opinion essays for our “Speak Your Piece” segment on any topic for both the online print and podcast series. Pieces typically run from 400 to 1,200 words or 3-4 minutes. Drafts of any length will be considered. We will arrange recording for audio editions.
Please share one sentence at the top of your submission who tells us who you are. Also, be sure to include annotations for all assertions and attributions made in your essay. All submissions must be original, exclusive to Shoresides. Contact us at info@shoresides.org
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Fund School Counselors, Not School Resource Officers
“I should not be scared to come to school. Schools need to be a place of love.” Yakob Lemma, 17, of Raleigh, NC speaks about how SROs are harming...
Inequitable Public School Funding Must End
Sonia Green, 17, of Durham, North Carolina speaks about how equitable funding for public school capital and enrichment activities is critical for providing equal educational opportunity to all children....
NC Public Schools Need Culturally Relevant Curriculum and Teaching
“My dad wanted me to know that people like me, we weren't just slaves. We were also really successful mathematicians and astronomers and scientists.” Laura Norman, 16, of Cary,...
North Carolina Must Adequately Fund Rural Public Schools, Now
I want to be a journalist… There is no school newspaper or journalism class at my school.” Jaileea Knight, 15, of Tarboro, NC speaks about how North Carolina’s failure...
North Carolina Must Fund Improvements to Internet Access Before It’s Too Late
North Carolina student Francisco Ibarra speaks out. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced many public school children to be exclusively on-line learners, North Carolina is...
Felony Voter Disenfranchisement
“We are all We The People. When you tell me that I can’t participate in an election, you telling me I’m not a part of We The People…that makes...
The Importance Of Latinx Voters
“We are contributors, tax payers. We are entrepreneurs. We are business owners. We have mixed families. We are American…To me, it is important that I define who I am...
Racial Equity & Election Priorities from Payal Shah
Payal Shah is a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student from Marshallberg, NC – a predominantly white and conservative town of 400 in Down East, North Carolina. ...
