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Student Voices Project 2022

Our ninth annual Student Voices Project brought in writing from 150 middle and high school students representing seven U.S. Friends schools, one international school, one public school, and four monthly meetings. We selected 12 honorees whose submissions are featured here. Find the full list of all 150 participants here.

Prompt: What has been your personal experience with climate activism and sustainability?
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Student Voices Project 2022

There Is That of God in Every Place

I’m from New Orleans, Louisiana, but every summer, Ida Schenck
Student Voices Project 2022

Running for a Better Future

It was a brisk morning on Bald Head Island when I woke up knowing that there was an important task… Spencer Bluth
Student Voices Project 2022

The Unavoidable

None of us ever thought that climate change would affect our lives, but as we grew older, that all changed. Imogene Urbano and Isaiah Bull
Student Voices Project 2022

The Worth of Water

One hundred and fifty thousand deaths every year, but who is the attacker? Tala Salameh
Student Voices Project 2022

Procrastinating with Pollution

I like to go on walks along a creek near my house. Jodi Bright-Walck
Student Voices Project 2022

On the Power of Community in the Climate Movement

In the past two years—it has become indisputably apparent that change can only be fostered through collective will. Elson Bankoff
Student Voices Project 2022

The Little Things

When I was younger, my entire family traveled to an island off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, every year. Milla Rasic
Student Voices Project 2022

My Experience with Climate Change

Climate change is the whole other pandemic that we've been trying to solve for many years. Finn Purvis
Student Voices Project 2022

Generation on Fire

Imagine this: you wake up to suffocating smoke and desperate wails of your children trapped in their room. Heidi Jacobs
Student Voices Project 2022

Where Do We Go from Here?

I take comfort in the antiquity of the earth: the millions and billions of years it has over us. Sarah Leonard
Student Voices Project 2022

Climate Change and Sports

Sports play a big role in my life and will continue to throughout my lifetime. Logan Holden
Student Voices Project 2022

Coping with Eco-Anxiety as a Climate Activist

On a daily basis, anyone following the news is confronted with headlines about the climate crisis. Isabelle Reinecke
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