Earlier this week, a team of 8th Grade students organized Greene Street Friends’ Second Annual Stay Woke Day, working with two Faculty Advisors. The day is a student-run diversity day to talk about race, specifically within the Middle School experience. This year, three area schools joined the day’s programming- Abington Friends School, St. Peter’s School, and Westtown School.
All students gathered in the Lunchroom for registration and then spread out around campus to eat lunch and join optional Affinity Groups. (Prior to Stay Woke Day, Greene Street Friends students already participated in Affinity Groups from 5th Grade on. These groups, differentiated by self-identified racial groupings, gather students together by race to talk about issues with one another. Sometimes students use technology to share their reflections confidentially with other Affinity Groups to spark conversation and dialogue.)