Hello, Street Law, Inc
I hope this email finds you well. My name is Miosotis Ledesma, and I am the case manager here at John F. Kennedy High School’s Wellness Center. We are excited to announce our upcoming Community Fair, which will be held in conjunction with our New Student Orientation on Thursday, August 22nd, from 6p-8p.
We would be honored to have your organization participate in this special event. The Community Fair serves as a wonderful opportunity for new students and their families to engage with local businesses, non-profits, and community services. It provides a platform for organizations like yours to showcase your programs, services, and products to a diverse and eager audience.
Event Details:
Date: Thursday, August 22nd
Time: 6p-8p
Location: John F. Kennedy High School Gymnasium
Setup Time: 4:30p
Your participation would not only enrich the experience for our new students but also help strengthen the bond between our school and the broader community. We believe that your presence would greatly contribute to the success of the event.
If you are interested in participating, please fill out the google form attached to this email. We will provide a table and two chairs for each participating organization. If you have any additional needs, please let us know in advance, and we will do our best to accommodate them.
Thank you for considering our invitation. We look forward to the possibility of your involvement and the chance to work together to create a memorable and impactful event for our new students.
Google Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZgyIzCuosIBIJJbT_T-0QHge_TKEs3tqmBjPsgn46lOptNw/viewform?usp=sf_link
What a fantastic organization! Their programs are of superior quality and their teacher professional development is second to none. As a high school govt teacher, I use their materials all the time. Cannot say enough good things about this group of professionals dedicated to improving the quality of civics education and empowering students.
StreetLaw offers the most outstanding professional development for teachers. The curriculum materials they publish are top notch - I integrate something from StreetLaw into every unit I teach.
I began working with Street Law as a leader (Board of Directors) and as a volunteer for almost 2 decades. It is a terrific organization, with high-impact programming, and an incredibly valuable "niche" expertise and service offering. Never has Street Law's work been more relevant: we are all concerned about how people from every walk of life and in every community can productively engage in government, find the skills and places for respectful discourse, collaboration, and education, and learn more about how to engage institutional systems to fulfill our common civic duties and become better citizens.
Apart from its important and timely mission, Street Law is unique in its long-standing focus and mission to engage its diverse stakeholders and constituents in a non-partisan manner.
As an organization, Street Law punches well above its weight, by leveraging an outstanding and dedicated staff, a well-run and lean-financed organization, and a terrific network of extremely well-placed volunteers with both expertise and commitment to their cause. When you see how Street Law draws people together to weave meaningful results for those it serves, as well as those who volunteer to serve, it is astounding: I invite you to learn more about our work to teach about civics and law, while advancing justice and civil discourse amongst future leaders; I also invite you to join our community - as a supporter or an engaged volunteer – as we strive to build a better world.
I was honored to be chosen for Street Law’s Supreme Court Summer Institute, which was hands down the best PD of my career as a teacher. I also use their textbook and digital educational materials in several of my classes. Street Law, and their talented and dedicated staff, is an asset to teachers and students, and bright spot in advancing civic education in the country overall!
My experience at the Street Law Supreme Court Summer Institute was the most transformative of my 22 years in education. I gained a wealth of knowledge, but even more importantly, I gained so much insight and context. My approach to teaching government has been completely revitalized. Students are turning the insights and skills from our time together into true political engagement.
Street Law is a remarkable organization. The staff and leadership are highly professional, dedicated and committed to advancing its mission. I have seen lots of organizations up close, and few do so much with so few resources. Their model works not only in the U.S. but essentially in every country, including in the developing world. I have seen the Street Law "approach" do tremendous good in remote regions in some of the most far off countries in the world, and this is before I ever became involved as a board member. In short, I have been admiring Street Law from afar for several decades, and if anything, it is even more impressive now that I am seeing it up close.
Street Law has provided so many resources and curriculum that I use daily in my classroom. Their knowledgeable staff is always quick and thorough with answers when I have questions. The professional learning courses are beyond informative, actually giving me the tools I need to be a successful classroom teacher able to connect to my students. The best staff, the best resources, the most complete curriculum out there!
Their Supreme Court Symposium was by far the greatest, most substantial learning experience of my entire career!!
I had the good fortune to attend the Supreme Court Institute in 1999. The content, methodology, and training remain in the top five professional development experiences I’ve had in my 25 years of teaching. My students’ civic and legal understanding would lack the depth and richness without Street Law. To this day I routinely use their materials.
This organization has done major work, in my opinion, in helping teachers implement work that allows students to engage thoughtfully in the political arena. Not only was I trained by Street Law in delivering pedagogy related to the Supreme Court, but they then give all teachers access to case materials of current cases that are relevant to our students. I cannot adequately express my gratitude to Street Law for giving me the tools to help my students to become knowledgeable and engaged citizens.
The materials made available by the educators at Street Law, Inc. are of the highest quality. They serve a wide range of needs and capabilities, and manage to produce resources that are up to date, even as current events unfold. They are devoted to a non-partisan approach and eagerly support teachers as they address complex legal issues.
I had the privilege of attending the Supreme Court Institute sponsored by Street Law. It was expertly organized, staffed and executed which created a priceless and irreplaceable experience for the teachers fortunate enough to attend. In addition, they provided and continue to support classroom resources and strategies for teaching this extremely important content. Thank you for an amazing time and for your continued devotion and hard work.
I attended a summer institute for teachers. My coverage of the judicial branch has been limited mostly based in my comfort level. Their teacher summer institute not only boosted my confidence but demonstrated how to get students invested into current SCOTUS decisions and how to understand the Constitution as a tool to guarantee freedom
Street Law is an extraordinary organization. I have had the privilege of volunteering with the program since circa 2007. They have an exemplary mission and the leadership to execute on that mission and continue to accomplish great things!
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Street Law provides great materials for teachers to teach about the Supreme Court and puts on an amazing summer institute each summer, which I was lucky enough to attend in 2019.
Impossible to count the many ways my students benefitted from my participation in Streetlaw workshops and programs as well as from the many wonderful materials they made available for classroom use!
I have nothing but great things to say about this program. The resources and trainings that Street Law provides have been extremely helpful in my classroom. As an educator with a legal background, I can say that the resources are up to date and on point. The Supreme Court Institute was one of the best educational experiences that I’ve had!
I have used these resources for six years! They are easily adaptable for any situation- bellringers, discussion starters, etc. I just used one today with my summer school students!
Simply the best educational opportunity and program this Con Law and A P U S Government teacher had attended. I’ll repeat that - - THE BEST! I stay in touch with the staff via the website and emails because the updates are invaluable and timely. On a scale of 1-5, Street Law is a 7.5!!
As an attorney and a high school teacher, I recommend Street Law’s resources to all who ask for help teaching about the courts. I attended the Supreme Court Summer Institute in 2016, and it was one of the best professional development opportunities I’ve been lucky enough to experience! All of the speakers had real life experience with the Court, and they lessons I talk home were easy to use in class. I use the Street Law textbook in my Law class, and have used the Moot Court materials in class and workshops for years.
I have participated as a volunteer attorney for Street Law's Diversity Pipeline Program for high school students. The program is very rewarding for both the high school students and the attorney volunteers!
Street Law changed my life my inspiring me to become a lawyer and encouraging me to follow my dream. It is an amazing non-profit that every kid should have the pleasure of coming into contact with. The mock trial is simply one of the most powerful pedagogical tool every conceived, and is an amazing exercise for high schoolers.
I cannot speak highly enough of Street Law. The mission is focused and impactful, the staff is the best I've seen in 3 decades of NGO work, and the organization's tight focus on maximizing the amount and percentage of funding that go directly into programs is impressive.
I have seen the organization from multiple vantage points since I was a Street Law volunteer teaching civics in local middle and high schools when I was a law student in 1983 and 1984. I know from personal experience just how powerful an impact it can make on teens when they are exposed to civic engagement processes, basic rule of law concepts, and methods for resolving disagreements and reaching consensus -- life skills too often not taught in traditional school curricula.
I have volunteered with this organization in various capacity for over 14 years. They are the best of the best thanks to their incredibly competent, generous, passionate, and affable staff, volunteers, donors and participants. They truly create programs that make s difference across the world.
I have supported and taught Street Law courses in Atlanta for many years, and the impact on students is significant. I am honored to have recently joined the Board of this very well-run and impactful organization.
I have been involved with the Street Law program for over 10 years now and I am thrilled to continue my participation this year.
Street Law, Inc. has been a part of my professional life and those of my colleagues for many years. Throughout this time, they have consistently converted a relatively modest amount of funding into big results. In the area of promoting rule of law and access to justice, their tried and tested approaches find purchase and yield results around the globe. I would be hard pressed to name a similar nonprofit that has generated so much impact with the resources that they have had at their disposal.
Street Law is a phenomenal organization that teaches youth about the law and civic engagement. I've been an active volunteer since 2010.
Street Law is a great organization that helps students understand the knowledge and skills needed to understand law and how government should work effectively. I've worked with Street Law and students from a local high school through my corporate job. Street Law does a great job to engage legal departments in the corporate environment and collaborate with them to present a meaningful day for the students. The program is phenomenal and the students are very engaging. Street Law is a great partnership to engage with and show tremendous appreciation for their supporters. N.Macdonald
Street Law, Inc., is an awesome nonprofit that helps children, adults and countries learn and understand local and applicable laws in a way that increases knowledge and use of critical thinking skills. Once learned, these skills are applicable in so many areas of life and totally transferable to important advocacy and life skills.
Street Law is a wonderful nonprofit with a teach-the-teacher model. They provide teaching materials and workshops to train lawyers and law students to go out into the community to teach legal concepts to non lawyers in high schools and community organizations. It's a very lean operation, but the teach-the-teacher model enables it to punch well above its weight in terms of impact on civic education worldwide.
I've been actively involved as a volunteer with Street Law for more than 10 years. My opinion is that their vision, strategy and execution are all stellar. Their lofty vision of ways to make meaningful change in our communities is matched only by their thoughtful strategies and effective execution. I find their staff from executive director down to be wonderful humans and delightful to work with. - Gwen K. Romack
Street Law is a fantastic organization that gives students an opportunity to understand the law, their legal rights, and how to engage in productive debate, Moreover, the Diversity Pipeline Program allows students to build relationships with legal professionals, which can evolve into mentorships and partnerships that really help provide students with insight and opportunities that promote diversity in the profession.
This organization does amazing work encouraging students from under served communities to consider the law as a profession. It creates fun and interactive lessons that teach students about their rights and responsibilities. Street Law works to make civics and the law interesting and accessible throughout the United States and in many other countries around the world. The staff are truly passionate about their work. I have worked with and supported Street Law for many years and I strongly recommend this organization.
This is an excellent organization. They have wonderful partners and my students love the textbook and other supplemental materials.
Street Law offers a variety of wonderful programs. The diversity pipeline program is the one that I am most familiar with. It is an amazing program designed to introduce groups of diverse high school students to various aspects of the law and career pathways within the legal profession. Students benefit from participation in the program as it provides an opportunity to connect with lawyers and other legal professionals to learn about how the law impacts their daily lives and also creates awareness of career opportunities within the law.
Street Law provides first rate classroom materials and staff development that is unparalleled in the business. The annual summer seminar is an intensive immersion for both the rookie teacher and the experienced veteran. Street Law led the way in providing materials for the new AP Government Redesign by providing easy to use break downs of the 15 essential SCOTUS cases as identified by college board. I was able to develop a Moot Court program at my school thanks to their support. The kids in my Moot Court Program argued in the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals and that would not have been possible without the support of Street Law!
Street Law is a terrific organization that features inspired leadership, a hard-working and strategic staff, and a focused mission that has an impact on the lives of students domestically and internationally. I cannot say enough about the quality that is baked into every undertaking. When it comes to law and education, Street Law is the gold standard.
I participated in the Supreme Court Summer Institute in June of 2000. I have attended a lot of professional development workshops over the years, and this five day program still ranks as the single greatest experience of professional development.
Unlike many other programs, I was treated as an intelligent professional. I was taught information that I still use in my classroom. And, I was inspired to regularly continue to pursue knowledge about the Supreme Court.