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Hello! My name is Allie Cashel and I work with a company called Postcard.

Just over a year ago, we created a digital space where individuals used their own words and images to take collective action on causes and issues. In our first month, we saw students from around the U.S., Mexico, Canada, and even Nepal make their mark on a number of those collective action projects. They stood together on issues like educate, campus sexual assault, governmental reform, disaster relief, and sent messages to other young people in need of support.

Their work was incredibly honest, genuine, and powerful. And once we saw what student activists could do with the Postcard platform, it really got us thinking. What if we created a space specifically for young people? A space where students could get involved with the issues affecting their community and generation, and use their passion and skills as social innovators to create change.

That's why we created Postcard Educate - ...See More
educator My job is not to push a cause or further an agenda. My job is present information and teach kids HOW to think - not WHAT to think. This is not the job of the American classroom.
Oct 22, 2015
wiseman On 10/22/15, educator wrote: > My job is not to push a cause or further an agenda. My job > is present information and teach kids HOW to think - not > WHAT to think. This is not the job of the American > classroom.

I agree with the above . A student's job is to learn. My job is to teach him/her how to access that knowledge. Ki...See More
Nov 13, 2015


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