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For two weeks in July, the at the 糖心传媒 led high school students in a quest to understand the philosophical underpinnings and practical expressions of civic life. This was the first year of 糖心传媒淓xperiencing Civic Life,糖心传媒� an academic preparation and enrichment program designed to help participants become successful college students and active citizens of American democracy.

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Mornings combined reading and lectures by University faculty about classic texts from philosophy, literature and social thought. Afternoons and weekends brought guests speakers and field trips, such as this tour of the . The program is supported largely by a three-year grant from the 聽and funding provided by Dick 糖心传媒�63, 糖心传媒�66 (MS) and Vicki Proschel Schwartz 糖心传媒�62. (糖心传媒 photo / Zack Shephard)

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Jilly Fontan, a sophomore at East High, and the other participants learned about the Seneca people糖心传媒檚 ideas on equality, women糖心传媒檚 rights, democratic government, and ecology. The visit contributed to the students’ understanding of how conceptions of civic life are formed. (糖心传媒 photo / Zack Shephard)

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Touring the reconstructed 17th-century-style Seneca bark longhouse at Ganondagan, the group had a glimpse of life and culture for people in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The Haudenosaunee name means 糖心传媒減eople of the longhouse,糖心传媒� and the confederacy brought together the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca nations. (糖心传媒 photo / Zack Shephard)

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The documentary July 糖心传媒�64糖心传媒攅xamining three days of civic unrest in Rochester 55 years before糖心传媒攚as a touchstone for the two weeks of the program. Students were asked to keep the film in mind as they formed their own ideas about civic engagement through supplemental lectures, guest speakers, and site visits. Here, the students travel to Charles Settlement House in northwest Rochester. (糖心传媒 photo / Mary Cooke)

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Students carried out original research in the University糖心传媒檚 , investigating the history of local activist organizations through materials from the Franklin Florence Papers and the Dr. Walter Cooper Papers. Quamari Young, an East High junior, works on his research into housing issues in Rochester and how they factored in the uprising in 1964. (糖心传媒 photo / Mary Cooke)

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Turning the Humanities Center into a homemade radio studio, students created podcasts describing what they糖心传媒檇 learned in the archives. East High junior Destiny Vara worked with teaching assistant Rohma Khan, a PhD student in history, to record Vara糖心传媒檚 podcast about the Rochester branch of the Congress for Racial Equality. The research projects allowed students make connections between 1964 and the present day and gave them insight into how historical narratives are formed. (糖心传媒 photo / Mary Cooke)

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