Description When twelve-year-old Iqbal Masih, former child laborer in a Pakistani carpet factory came to Boston in 1994 to receive Reebok s Youth in Action Award, he asked to meet youth his own age.
She has written articles in her field, presented at national and international conferences, and organized a regional conference on Teaching about Global Child Labor and Human Trafficking..
Her specialization is history, social studies, and Global education.
Twenty percent of the royalties for this book will be donated to Good Weave International."About the Author Linda Kantor Swerdlow is an associate professor of education in the Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Drew University.
It demonstrates how teacher facilitator, Ron Adams, in conjunction with his students created a democratic after school community and provides teachers with unique field tested strategies they could use to promote student Activism at the Global or local level.
Global Activism in an American School: From Empathy to Action analyzes the evolution of the Kid s Campaign and Operation Day s Work at Broad Meadows.
ODW has been operating successfully as an after school program at Broad Meadows since 1996.
Due to the campaign s success Broad Meadows was chosen as a pilot school for Operation Day s Work, USA, (ODW, USA) an American adaptation of Norway s highly effective youth Global social Action program.
Iqbal s inspirational visit and untimely murder five months later, on his return to Pakistan, inspired the middle school students to start a grassroots activist campaign to build a school in his memory.
Reebok selected Broad Meadows Middle School in Quincy, Massachusetts because of its Human Rights curriculum and reputation for student activism.
Description When twelve-year-old Iqbal Masih, former child laborer in a Pakistani carpet factory came to Boston in 1994 to receive Reebok s Youth in Action Award, he asked to meet youth his own age
