by The Pollination Project | Nov 19, 2021 | Heartivist Of The Week
At the age of seven, Jeremy Gregory wanted more than anything to save the harp seals and blue whales. With the support of his parents, he ventured around his neighborhood conducting his first fundraising efforts; however, they would not be his last. Having grown up in...
by The Pollination Project | Oct 29, 2021 | Heartivist Of The Week
When students need to learn how to add or subtract, we teach them Math. When they need to know how to write a paper, we teach them English but what do we do when they need to learn how to love? That is the question Irene Greaves is answering with a ground-breaking...
by The Pollination Project | Oct 8, 2021 | Heartivist Of The Week
In the summer of 2020, Kerry Dolan, an assistant principal at a Chicago high school, received a letter addressed to the entire body of predominantly white teachers and administrators. Signed by over 100 mostly BIPOC students, the letter described their feelings of...
by Milena Fraccari | Aug 27, 2021 | Heartivist Of The Week
In the United States, the ratio of high-quality, age-appropriate books in low-income communities is one for every 300 children, facilitating a learning gap between privileged and underprivileged students. Antonette Franceschi-Chavez and Marysol Perez, both educators...
by Milena Fraccari | Apr 30, 2021 | Heartivist Of The Week
Northern Ghana is a region that faces many intersecting challenges: severe poverty, illiteracy, resource scarcity, a growing population, and job loss due to deforestation, just to name a few. In the face of all these circumstances, of what value is the simple act of...