by Kaylee Krull | Nov 10, 2017 | Diversity Projects
Mitsuye Endo was a woman who challenged Japanese-American internment all the way up to the United States Supreme Court and won.
by Kaylee Krull | Nov 10, 2017 | Diversity Projects
Thousands of orphans owed her their lives, but this heroine lay for decades in an unmarked grave, her story buried with her. Then a group of students discovered her remarkable legacy, bringing forth the story of a true humanitarian with relentless courage, compassion,...
by Kaylee Krull | Nov 10, 2017 | Diversity Projects
Lilla Day Monroe passed the bar in 1894 and became the first female lawyer in Kansas. Zöe’s original play depicts the story of the Topeka-based suffragette, who was a fierce fighter for women’s rights and underprivileged citizens and worked daily to give them the...
by Life in a Jar | May 26, 2014 | Diversity Projects
This documentary film project by Heather Jurgenson, a 10th grade student at Uniontown, Kansas High School in 1996, began a beautiful story. Heather became friends with Elizabeth Eckford of the Little Rock Nine and produced a video documentary. She, along with two...
by Life in a Jar | May 26, 2014 | Diversity Projects
This performance was written and produced by Jeremy Johnston and David Foster. These two Uniontown High School students accompanied Heather Jurgenson on her trip to Little Rock. While interviewing Elizabeth Eckford, Jeremy asked if there were any white students who...
by Life in a Jar | May 26, 2014 | Diversity Projects
Many more diversity projects preceded Life in a Jar. The Bill Moore project brought a motto of “walk on” to the classroom, as five students (David Foster, Trish Endicott, Cody Carey, Casey Sifers, and Randi Wiles) produced a drama performance on the civil...
