Action Projects 2020-2021
The National Liberty Museum’s Young Heroes Outreach Program brings the Museum’s civic leadership curriculum directly into schools. Students spend the year developing key civic engagement skills, researching social issues, meeting with stakeholders and experts, and developing a student-led Action Project to address a social issue in their school or community.
We are proud to showcase the YHOP Action Projects from the 2020-2021 school year here on our website. We hope the actions of these impressive students inspire you to take action on a social issue you care about in your own community.
St. Christopher School of Philadelphia
Social Issue: The Environment
Faculty: Eve Boyd, Karen Szumski, JoAnn Osbourn
Sponsored by: Ernst and Young
Community Academy of Philadelphia
Social Issue: Animal Rights
Faculty Advisor: Deborah Lind
Sponsored Sponsored by: Individual Donors
William Rowen Elementary School
Social Issue: Black Lives Matter
Faculty Advisors: Tracey Johnson and Karen Williams
Sponsored by: PECO and Caroline Sanders
Julia R. Masterman School
Social Issue: Animal Cruelty
Faculty Advisor: Marjorie Brunner
Sponsored by: Tozour Energy Systems
Warren G. Harding Middle School
Social Issue: Gun Violence
Faculty Advisor: Allison Daly-Word
Sponsored by: Individual Donors
Tilden Middle School
Social Issue: Homelessness
Faculty Advisors: Charlette Walker and David Turner
Sponsored by: Individual Donors
Feltonville School of Arts and Sciences
Social Issue: Animal Welfare
Faculty Advisors: Nicole Dopirak and Ashley Simonvil
Sponsored by: Individual Donors
Solomon Solis-Cohen Elementary School
Social Issue: COVID-19 • Faculty: Javita Littles, Genevieve Conrad, Ashley O’Neill, Amanda Boyce, Ken Miller, Brian Plush, Cyndie Bowman • Sponsored by: Republic Bank
Edgar Fahs Smith STEAM Academy
Social Issue: Discrimination
Faculty: Josh Renner, Roxanne Elfreth and Kara Snyder
Sponsored by: America250PA & The Allstate Foundation
William C. Longstreth
Social Issue: Climate Change
Faculty Advisors: Michael Rocco and Laura Cortese
Sponsored by: Lindy Communities
Southern York Middle School
Social Issue: Environmental Pollution
Faculty Advisors: Daniel Snare and April Melato
Sponsored by: America250PA & The Allstate Foundation
Laura W. Waring
Social Issue: Racism
Faculty Advisor: Natalie Lovecchio
Sponsored by: Crash Proof Retirement
William H. Zeigler School
Social Issue: Racism
Faculty Advisor: Bryan Fierson
Sponsored by: Ned and Caren Borowsky
Camden Big Picture Learning
Social Issue: Racism
Faculty Advisors: Matthew Bass and Kelly Huminski
Sponsored by: NJM Insurance Group
Joseph Greenberg School
Social Issue: Racism
Katherine Volin and Jesse Parker
Sponsor: Just Born Candy/Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews
James Dobson School
Social Issue: Racism
Faculty Advisor: Melissa Wolfson
Sponsor: Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Stephen Decatur School
Social Issue: Animal Rights
Faculty Advisor: Megan Dager
Sponsored by: Elias Family Charitable Trust
Tanner G. Duckrey School
Social Issue: Bullying
Faculty: Eileen Wager and Kellie Crouthamel
Sponsored by: The Sheller Family Foundation
Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School
Social Issue: Racism and Drug Addiction
Faculty Advisor: Meliza Reynoso
Sponsored by: Lindy Communities (video unavailable)
Universal Institute Charter School
Social Issue: Racism
Faculty: Adjoa Love-Dorsey, Maria DeGracia-Redhair
Sponsored by: Lindy Communities
