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A New World, A New Curriculum: Helping the Next Generation to Live in Light

Live in Light, Photograph of boy in field by Rachael Crowe

Photograph by Rachael Crowe

One teenager’s vision to be the change we want to see in the world

There has been a big discussion on social media lately about Walk Up v. Walk Out. I think we need to do both.

As a teenager who has spent the last few years working with other kids to help them deal with

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