You have been asked to pick 3 people who’s pictures will be placed in the lobby of local middle schools for the year as role models for the kids. Who are the 3 people? Why those 3?
Jared Polis:
Helen Keller, for her triumph over great personal difficulties and her role as a leader in the progressive social movements
Albert Einstein, for his creative approach to problem solving and inquisitiveness
Martin Luther King, Jr., for his inspirational role in leading the civil rights movement
Will Shafroth:
Abraham Lincoln because of what he did to bring nation together and end slavery.
Martin Luther King because of his commitment to ending discrimination in our country and for his courage to stand up to the powers that be through civil disobediance.
John F. Kennedy because of his leadership in creating vision and hope for the next generation of Americans.
I also think it's important that we go beyond pictures to focus our attention on identifying mentors for individual students in every middle school
Joan Fitz-Gerald:
Ghandi, for changing the world through non-violent resistance, Franklin Roosevelt for bringing this nation through the depression and a World War even though he had severe physical disabilities and Rosa Parks for Changing the segregation of the South
