The League of Women Voters meet students of the Solid Rock Foundation School in Ghana

The League of Women Voters joined Mr. Wronko’s students from Asbury Park High School and Papa Williams’ Solid Rock Foundation School in Ghana students for an exciting session.

League of Women Voters presentation

Two programs that joined the Asbury Park School District worked together to deliver the best remote education possible. During this session, the League of Women Voters presented to students. They explained the voting challenges Americans have faced throughout U.S. history.

Helping to narrate the League’s presentation were Mr. Wronko’s students, Jaiden Tyler, Jazier Crawford, and Dain Salazar.

Additionally, to make the presentation more engaging, the facilitators assigned each student in Ghana a number. Each number represented specific characteristics from different periods in U.S. history that determined whether a person could vote.

When the presentation reached moments such as the American Civil War or the early 1900s, students whose numbers matched the characteristics of people allowed to vote during those eras stood up.

As the activity continued, and students saw how long it took for African Americans, women, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans to gain voting rights without facing racism and discrimination, every student in Ghana eventually stood up.

Historical topics

Throughout the League’s presentation many historical topics were brought up such as:

• 13th Amendment (Slavery Abolished)
• 14th Amendment (African Americans given citizenship and rights)
• 15th Amendment (Voting rights for African Americans)
• The 19th Amendment (Women granted the right to vote)
• The 26th Amendment (People age 18 could vote), and the National Movement to end the Jim Crow Laws

Also, check out their first presentation on my blog with the following link: The League of Women Voters | Unheard Voices Magazine.

After the League of Women’s presentation, the students in Ghana had a discussion with the presenters on the first woman vice president Kamala Harris, how the Covid 19 pandemic changed the way the people voted this year with mail in ballots, and the possibility of seeing our first woman U.S. president.

All Participants from the League of Women voters session:

• Solid Rock Foundation School in Ghana
• Mr. Wronko and his students Jaiden Tyler, Jazier Crawford, and Dain Salazar.
• Patricia Supplee and Luisa Paster presented.
• Eeshan Khurana, one of the League’s Young Voters Advisory Board members.

The women from the League of Women Voters who attended were:

• Ilene Kahn
• Harriet Bernstein
• Diane Hara
• Marie Curtis
• Corinne Traux

On an end note, from a recent Ghana session, my students along with the students in Ghana watched for Black History Month the Rosa Parks Movie. See video link below:

The Rosa Parks Story – YouTube