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Students Unite! Seeking Justice for Ahmaud Arbery

JUNE 2, 2020 5:30PM ET Click Here for Recording of Event   Promotional video created by student leaders:   On February 23rd, just two days after the Brooklyn Friends School 11th grade returned from their Nobis Project field study experience “Race, Power, and the Preservation of African-American History & Gullah-Geechee Culture” in Savannah and on […]

Brooklyn in Solidarity: Disrupting Racism Through Restorative Justice

by Jack D. ’21 On May 1, 2019, NYC Independent School teachers, administrators, and students attended the third annual Brooklyn in Solidarity effort, hosted this year at the Packer Collegiate Institute. The workshop, organized annually by students attending five Brooklyn independent schools—Brooklyn Friends School, Berkeley Carroll School, the Packer Collegiate Institute, Saint Ann’s School, and […]

Supporting Service Learning & Community Building with Young Children

Service Learning is an experiential approach to teaching and learning that integrates meaningful service with instruction and reflection. At Brooklyn Friends School, we have a social justice approach to service learning that is grounded in C.A.R.E. (Community, Accountability, Reciprocity, and Equity) and this starts in the earliest years! We encourage students to see themselves as […]