Power To The Students! Kids At Chicago Public School Taught To Protest (VIDEO)

Jones College Prep, a Chicago Public School is teaching students to protest non-violently as the school held it's “Social Justice Week” in March, a collection of events geared towards teaching students to assemble and let their voices be heard non-violently.

According to a flyer on the school’s website-

Social Justice Week was created to promote community advancement through dialogue and community service based activism. Moreover, we hope to unify the voice of various JCP and community organizations in which to facilitate collaboration for the betterment of the community at large and promote a unified human rights advancement initiative.

Jones prep is one of the top 100 high schools in the country. Demographically, Jones College Prep is fairly balanced. Statistics from 2007-2008 show black enrollment is 23.4%, white enrollment is 29.5% and Hispanic enrollment is 33.7%.

On Wednesday of Social Justice Week, Black Star Project, a Chicago-based community organizing group, was brought into the school to teach students about “non-violent” protesting.Led by Phillip Jackson, former “Chief of Education” under former Mayor Richard Daley, the optional discussion was focused on students fighting back against gun crime.

Take a look at the video as students get a first hand lesson at learning how to protest!