Further Resources
We hope you enjoyed the Students Pocket Guide for Civic Engagement in Chelsea & Massachusetts!
W e have information on how students have made demonstrable change in the past, as well as access to sites such as iCivics, News Literacy Project, New England First Amendment Coalition, MA Civics for All, MassVOTE, Generation Citizen, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Civics Teaching and Learning Fund, and CivXNow. You will find more resources on our constantly updating website!
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I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom. Rosa Parks Rosa Parks played a leading role in launching the civil rights movement in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus and move to the ‘Colored’ section. Her actions inspired the lead- ers of the local Black community to organize the Montgom- ery Bus Boycott, led by a young Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ultimately, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that bus segre- gation was unconstitutional and Parks became a nationally recognized symbol of dignity and strength in the fight to end segregation.
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