Design For Change: Dallas
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Design For Change is a global movement that seeks to empowers children to be the change they wish to see in the world. This is Design For Change: Dallas.
Design for Change (DFC) is a project based program that guides young students through four steps: Feel, Imagine, Do and Share. The students will "feel" a problem in their school or community, "imagine" how they would fix this issue, choose on of these solutions to "do" throughout their school year and then "share" their project with other DFC participants they are competing against. This specific chapter was founded by ACU honors students participating in the Justice and Urban Studies Team last year in Dallas. These students include Bethany Richardson, Alan Songer, Nicole Ramos and Molly Clemans. We are proud to say, with the guidance of the 4 ACU students mentioned above, one of the classes at Charles Rice Elementary won the DFC USA competition and traveled to India to present at the worldwide DFC celebration about the project that they came up with. This year, 9 students participating in the JUST team have moved to Dallas to participate in the continuation of the program while Bethany, Alan, Nicole and Molly have moved back onto campus to finish up their schooling! The 2014-2015 DFC teams consists of Austin (activities curriculum and Twitter), Alex (activities curriculum), Amanda (funding), Barrett (activities curriculum), Courtney (research), Julie (curriculum), Taylor (main contact and PR), Tessa (curriculum) and Wes (curriculum). We are excited to be the DFC 2014-2015 team and hope to lay the ground work for DFC: Dallas to continue on into years to come. If you would like to know more about DFC: Dallas, feel free to contact Taylor Bush via Facebook or email ([email protected])
05/12/2016
Another from last week:
We are continually blown away by the middle schoolers at St. Anthony. About a month ago they raised funds through a school-wide bake sale and last week they were given the opportunity to meet with some staff at DFW Rescue Me and present them with the raised funds in person. This organization is so near and dear to these kiddos hearts and we are so thankful that they came to visit us (and even brought along a furry friend for us to meet too!). Thank you DFW Rescue Me for being leaders in our community; we appreciate everything y'all do!!
05/12/2016
Last week Charles Rice 3rd grade partnered with The Stewpot in providing "manna bags" for the homeless. We had a great time putting the bags together, hearing from Jordan about the services their organization provide for the homeless population in Dallas, as well as receiving some special gifts to remember all the hard work put into making this day happen. Thank you The Stewpot for the pressed pennies, book bags, and painted greeting cards made by the homeless; they are gifts we will forever be grateful for. And THANK YOU for everything you do in our community, too!
Charles Rice 3rd graders, we are SO proud of you!!!!
04/27/2016
Last week Senior Corporal Christine Smith came and spoke to our kiddos about Community Safety. She touched on discipline, following directions, and reporting crimes. We are so thankful for her and the many others that keep our community safe! Thank you, Charles Rice 5th graders, for putting this assembly together. We appreciate your hard work!
Today was..........
Charles Rice, 4th Grade, DFC, Pick Up Day! *dab*
So proud of these ENTHUSIASTIC 4th graders and their positive attitudes & hard work displayed today while going throughout the school and around the school creating a cleaner, healthier environment!
04/21/2016
Today these kiddos @ St. Anthony raised $87.25!! The money raised through this bake sale will be donated to a local animal shelter. So proud of these kids and all the hard work that went into preparing for this day! What a success!
Side note: kool-aid pickles were the top seller!
04/20/2016
This awesome group of middle schoolers at St Anthony has decided to do a clothes drive AND a bake sale. Clothes will be donated to the Opportunity Center and the money raised from the bake sale (happening tomorrow!!) will go to an animal shelter as well as funding to make snack packs for the homeless. Today was the FIRST day of the 7 day long clothes drive and THIRTEEN garbage bags of clothes have already been donated!! Way to go kiddos!
04/15/2016
So proud of everyone over at JP Starks for making a positive impact in their community- please take a moment to read about their Red Nose Project, watch their video, and consider giving to their project!
Click here to support JP Starks Red Nose Day by Abbey Bildstein Third grade students from JP Starks Elementary School are raising money to fight childhood poverty as a part of their Design For Change project. Design For Change teaches students that they can make a difference in their community, despite what the world may tell them. Please consider supporting...
04/15/2016
Getting all the details together for this upcoming crazy week- it's the DO phase people!! So excited to see what our kiddos @ Charles Rice, JP Starks, and St. Anthony accomplish! Let's DO this!!
03/28/2016
Dallas is a beautiful city with several amazing schools. We are so lucky to have the opportunity to partner with Charles Rice, St. Anthony, and J.P. Starks in empowering their kiddos to make a positive impact in their schools, this city, and the world!
03/08/2016
Happy International Women's Day from some of our very own ladies at Charles Rice who have identified, listed, and voiced some of the biggest issues seen in their communities- women can be great leaders!
03/01/2016
This week we are transitioning into the "Imagine" stage where we start to identify problems we see in our communities. The kids are tackling big issues already!
02/23/2016
These kiddos are already thinking BIG. What are some of your goals?
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