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After inventing a hypothetical library system, my final action project for my independent study was to create an actual system to organize the GCE library. I began with the library in room C, where the English/History classes take place. The books were piled haphazardly into a closed filing cabinet. I pulled them out stack by Read More…

For the final action project in Street Math, we looked at how math is used to create certain types of atmosphere in urban planning. I was interested in how architects maximize or minimize space without creating atmospheres of claustrophobia or exaggerated distance. To do this, it is important to calculate area of a room. Below Read More…

For our final Project as Action in Urban Planning we once again chose a math concept we wanted to improve on and understand better and figure out how it is used everyday in the real world.  The math concept I chose to investigate was the Law of Sines, an equation used to find all the Read More…

ZF and I worked together for our last Action Project in Policy to start a conversation on our streets and through the internet about sexual harassment and rape culture. We did this using the Slutwalk movement as an example, but taking our own spin on it. We designed our own mini posters (pictured above) to Read More…

For our final action project in Policy, CA, GL, DC, GF, JP and I worked together to prevent gun violence in Chicago through a youth-led organization called Project Orange Tree that affiliates itself closely with Lupe Fiasco’s foundation. Project Orange Tree is a campaign that wants to teach youth about gun violence and the roots Read More…

The third unit of our humanities class, Policy, focused on rights. Our action project was to find an organization that promoted a human right and volunteer for them. Being a feminist who loves to read, I chose to serve Chicago Books to Women in Prison, which empowers and educates women behind bars by delivering donated Read More…

The most recent Project as Action in my Soundtopia class was to create a mashup, which is a song that is comprised of at least 2 songs that can be combined together in some way to make them sound like one cohesive piece.  The unit we have been studying is beat so creating a mashup Read More…

For this action project in Street Math, the goal was to contextualize a math problem in the world of urban planning. I decided to work with thermal expansion, a concept I had studied in my physics class last year. It was interesting to understand its actual effects in the world of engineering in addition to Read More…

For our latest Project as Action in my Policy course, we were given the assignment to find a cause we felt strongly about and then complete 3 hours of service for an organization of sorts that supported the cause we were interested in.  I chose to volunteer on a Habitat For Humanity trip, an organization’s Read More…

For our second Action Project in Street Math, we chose a math concept that we wanted to  improve our skills on.  Once we picked our math concept, we learned more about it and related a real world issue and occupation that uses this concept as a key part of their work.  I’m proud of myself Read More…