Students Organized Against Racism
SOAR (Students Organized Against Racism) is a group open to all students at ETHS who are interested in engaging in the school's equity work and moving the culture of ETHS to one that is more anti-racist. Students develop ways of understanding complex relations between self and systems of oppression and work together to challenge and change institutional practices that negatively impact all students, especially students of color.
Through Partnership Office support, SOAR hosts an annual student-led conference at Northwestern University. The SOAR student leadership board facilitates two days of programming covering topics of race, co-conspiratorship, action, and current events. Cohorts from surrounding Chicago area schools attend as well in an effort to learn together and participate in this youth-led anti-racist community collective.
Contact: TaRhonda Woods