After working with our mentor Kayla Becker for Health in Semester 1, Ella, Leela, Annaliese and I wanted to continue working with and learning from her. For our Semester 2 Social Studies work we have done a collaborative project on reproductive justice, where we have been able to continue working with Kayla.
Timeline
We have been researching the history of reproductive justice in the United States. We have been working on creating a timeline by compiling summaries of all of our research into each era. As of Quarter 3, we have learned about two out of the four eras, the Progressive Era and the Intermediate Era. We each had a specific topic of research to focus on within each era, and I have been learning about organizations that were involved at the time.
Mural
Our goal is to take everything we have been learning from Kayla and with our reproductive justice mural and create an educational mural. So far we have been brainstorming drafts, but we are also starting to look for possible places to put our mural. We have been spending a lot of time thinking about what elements we want to include to convey our message of empowerment, as well as an acknowledgement of the history we have been learning about.