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Special Seminar with U of MD Nursing Students

Our thanks to the nursing students from the University of Maryland School of Nursing for coming in today to teach as part of our health curriculum.  Knowing we are focusing on mental health issues in our health class, the nursing students began by having our students share the stressors in their lives. Then we heard about the nursing students’ own personal journeys and what led them into a health career.  They also did a presentation with lots of tips about applying to college and sources of funding. The session ended by breaking into small group sessions with wide-ranging conversation with our students. Special thanks to Professor Gina Robinson and the nursing students: Anna Olbrich, Daisy, Katherine Wanko, Lailah Robinson, Tajah Kee and Tyler Warehime.

Conversation with Marc Steiner and Dr. Ali Zagharb

We were honored to have longtime human rights activist and radio host Marc Steiner along with Palestinian activist and peacemaker Dr. Ali Zagharb join us today for a conversation about the war in Palestine. Though the students are familiar with what is going on through our daily current events class, we also prepared for this discussion by watching the acclaimed documentary Where the Olive Trees Weep yesterday.

The Conversation was both deeply personal and historically grounded as Dr. Zagharb shared his experience in Palestine, his educational journey and his advocacy for his people. Marc similarly shared his experience as a Jew who lost family members in the Holocaust who also fights against anti-semitism and the unjust oppression of the Palestinian people.

The students had many questions and the responses were candid and thoughtful. This conversation significantly added to our understanding and challenged us to not stand by in the face of hatred, war and genocide.

Students Produce Intro to TCS Movie

The students put together this video to introduce our program to the young people of the B4YT organization in Liberia, West Africa. We have been developing a relationship with B4YT for over  a year to build friendship and understanding between our youth. This has entered a new stage where each organization will exchange videos every other week  to learn about each other’s lives and the issues that affect them. This video is the first in the series from TCS and was produced 100% by our students.

Conversation with Sean Armstrong aka DJ Face

We were excited to have radio host and acclaimed DJ, Sean Armstrong, back at the school for a Conversation today. Sean, who is also known as DJ Face, is from Baltimore but has performed across the United States and in Africa, Asia and Europe.

Sean shared his journey into music that started when he was very young, though took second place for awhile as he pursued basketball in college and a career in various aspects of retail management. There were many lessons learned along the way that he shared with the students.

It was a real pleasure to have Sean back at the school and we appreciate his generosity of time whenever we ask.