Jul 01
Sylvia WongEducators, Global Concerns Clubs Club, Concern, Educators, St. Vincent Ferrer High School, Trevor Day School
Ms. Naughton working with SVF students on a health campaign in 2008
Sinead Naughton is a high school World History teacher and a Concern supporter and friend for many years! She has been an active GCC teacher, spear-heading a successful Global Concerns club at St. Vincent Ferrer for several years, and Concern supporter, rallying one of the largest teams to fund raise for Concern’s Spring Run each year.
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Jun 30
Sylvia WongGlobal Concerns Clubs, Student Action Club, Global Concerns Classroom, Leadership Core, St. Jean Baptiste, St. Vincent Ferrer High School, Trevor Day School, Trinity School
GCC Student Leadership Core wearing the American Eagle/Concern Help Haiti Heal t-shirts
For many years, GCC has partnered with NYC high schools to start Global Concerns clubs and to help students find creative ways to spread awareness of global issues and to take action. In 2010, the Global Concerns Student Leadership Core was piloted to bring together GCC club leaders from various high schools in NYC to connect and collaborate with one another and with Concern.
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Jun 21
Andrea RanioloGlobal Concerns Clubs, Student Voices Club, Leadership Core, St. Vincent Ferrer High School
Club members from St Vincent Ferrer High School
As a freshman in St. Vincent Ferrer High School, I knew that I wanted to be a part of the Global Concerns Club, one of the most active clubs in school. At the time, I had no idea that as a Senior I would have the amazing and unique opportunity to work in collaboration with club leaders from high schools around the city in the GCC Leadership Core.
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Jun 21
Mbelu KalalaGlobal Concerns Clubs, Student Voices Club, Leadership Core, St. Vincent Ferrer High School
GCC Leadership Core exploring climate change at the Action Center
I am glad that I was able to be a part of Global Concerns Club at St Vincent Ferrer High School (SVF). It has given me many opportunities for growth in my senior year at SVF. In addition to the many activities we were able to do in school, there were several opportunities where we were able to learn outside of the classroom with students from other schools.
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Jun 01
Sylvia WongGlobal Concerns Clubs, Student Action Child Survival, Club, Global Concerns Classroom, Malaria, Plumpy'nut, St. Vincent Ferrer High School, Water Walk
Club members get ready to share about child malnutrition with Plumpy'nut tasting
Did you know 22,000 children die every day from preventable causes like malnutrition? Club members at St Vincent Ferrer High School decided to bring awareness of some of the issues facing child survival to their school community. As a start, to convey the gravity of the issue, club members made a banner filled with 22,000 dots to represent the number of child deaths that occur every day.
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Apr 28
Sylvia WongPoverty, Student Action Concern, Fundraiser, Run, St. Jean Baptiste, St. Vincent Ferrer High School, Trevor Day School, Trinity School
Students from Trevor Day School at Concern's Spring Run
On Saturday, April 9th, over 1,500 runners gathered together in Central Park to participate in Concern’s most highly-attended Spring Run. The annual event rallies individuals and teams to fundraise towards Concern’s programs through a fun 4-mile race. This year, six GCC schools participated, each school rallying club members and students to join the run and fundraise.
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Sep 21
Sylvia WongMillennium Development Goals, Student Action Global Concerns Classroom, St. Vincent Ferrer High School, Stand Up Take Action, Trevor Day School, UN Week, Workshop
Freshmen at Trevor Day School stand against poverty and recite the MDGs as a pledge
2010 is the 10-year mark since 189 world leaders gathered together to decide on the most pressing global issues that needed greater attention and collaboration on in order to reverse the effects and prevalence of poverty worldwide. These became the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), set to be achieved by 2015 with promises made by leaders to commit to development aid and partnership.
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Jun 09
Sylvia WongGlobal Concerns Clubs, Poverty Club, Mural, St. Vincent Ferrer High School
St. Vincent Ferrer Global Concerns Club members pose for the year end mural
Global Concerns Club members at St. Vincent Ferrer High School ended the school year with a final project – to create a mural displaying their silhouettes with their thoughts on fighting poverty and being part of Global Concerns Club. The mural is meant to represent them to celebrate the end of another successful club year, but also to encourage others to participate and join next year.
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Apr 20
Sylvia WongEducators, Global Concerns Clubs Book, Club, Educators, St. Vincent Ferrer High School
Mr. Beil with students from St. Vincent Ferrer's Global Concerns Club
Michael Beil is an English teacher at St. Vincent Ferrer High School, where he has taught for the last 10 years. He is also the teacher moderator for the Drama Club and the Global Concerns Club at SVF as well as a published author for young readers. We decided to interview Mr. Beil to find out more about his writing and being a globally concerned teacher!
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Mar 26
Sylvia WongGlobal Concerns Clubs, Water Club, Emergency Response, Global Concerns Classroom, Haiti, Skype, St. Vincent Ferrer High School, Water Filter, Water Walk, World Water Day
Students at SVF make a board game depicting a young girl's journey to fetch water and the possible obstacles she may face
Students at St. Vincent Ferrer High School have been learning about the water issue for the last few months during Global Concerns club meetings. Even before the January Haiti earthquake, club members were interested in exploring the water crisis and invested in raising awareness of this issue at school. The ultimate goal was to sponsor a well in Haiti through various fundraising initiatives.
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