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Crit. Participatory Action Research

Reading  the  Word  &  World

Youth   Development

Arts and Trades
2019	Senior Projects
	UP’NComing Artists (Slides)	Ashton Miles & Melvin Mack
	The Importance of Learning Trades (Slides)	Charles Wright
	The Life of Cosmetology (Slides)	Lacey Hawkins
The Black Community
Black-Owned Businesses
2019	Senior Projects
	Supporting Black Owned Businesses (Slides)	Jorissa Hebert
Mental Health
2019	Senior Projects
	Suffering in Silence: the Stigma of Depression Among Black Youth (Slides)	Asiah Lee
2017	Senior Projects
	Ignorance of Depression within the Black Community Ignorance of Depression within the Black Community	Victoria Clark
Community Development
2019	Junior Community Service Projects
	Revitalizing South Baton Rouge (Slides)	Antoinette Hodges, Trent Robertson, Steven Miranda, Tye’le James, Sai McGlaughlin
	Cultural Pact (Slides)	Lauryn Knight, Desonee’ Madison, Alan Taylor, Digby Stridiron, Deborah Bestman
	South Baton Rouge Community Development (Slides)	Richard Tome, Jordyn Jones, Taelah Dillon, Trinity Ross, Taylen Roberts, Quintin Isaac
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
2019	Junior Community Service Projects
	Private Property Takes On Mass Incarceration (Slides)	Jai Lathers, Quan’Tyrian Addison, Treylon White, Alexis Hamilton, Iyanna Shellmire
	Sophomore Projects
	Did I Deserve to Die? Evaluating the Death Penalty (Slides)	Kendrick Smith and Diamond Risin
Institutional Racism
2019	Senior Projects
	Uncovering Hidden Chains (Slides)	Natalie Harrison
2018	Junior Projects
	Exploring Race in the Criminal Justice System	Randy Barze, Geneya Brown, Destiny Chatman, Mya Donahue, and Tyrea Ruth
Police
2019	Senior Projects
	Don’t Shoot (Slides)	Charity Gipson
	Understanding Stereotypes & Racial Profiling (Slides)	Destiny Chatman
	All Cops Are Not Bad Cops (Slides)	Haywood Reed
	Intersectionality: Exploring the Line Between Police Brutality & Teen Violence (Slides)	Mya Donahue
	Sophomore Projects
	Police Brutality (Slides)	Da’Jah Anthony, Alicia Edwards, Jalyn Washington, Kaitlyn Lemon
	Police Brutality: Is it A Problem? (Slides)	Noah Johnson, Jaelen King, Benjamin Jenkins, Ja’Colie Wilson
2018	Junior Projects
	Power Abuse in Police Activities	Bishop Penn, Sada Portis, Clarise Preston, Kierra Taylor, Nick Cloyd, Justin Douglas, Jaylon King, and Ford Leary
Drug Use
2015 2016
	Drug Use Is Life Abuse: Drug Use Awareness
Education
Adultism
2018	Junior Projects
	Empowering Youth by Overcoming Adultism	Ashanta Gleason, Natalie Harrison, Trenton Ricard, Jordan Coleman, Jamel Thomas, and Tiara Williams
	Face to Face With Adultism	Jermaine Hawkins & Mckhaleb Kemp
	Mistreatment in Schools: Uncovering Adultism	Brennan Oliver, Tykebra Weams, Jessica Wilson, Kaleb Augustus, Evan Jupiter, and Alexis Walker
	Mistreatment in Schools: Uncovering Adultism	The future
	Understanding and Conquering Adultism in Schools	Collie Mansion, Mya Sibley, and Carter Tucker
	Adultism in School Policies	Jermaine Hawkins, Alexius Horne, Lashae Leonard and Charles Wright
	Understanding and Conquering Adultism in Schools	Kentrell Freeman and Melvin Mack
2015 2016
	Youth Academic Struggles	Ton’Neashia Edwards & Eric Schaubmaier
College
2019	Senior Projects
	College Tuition (Slides)	Jordan Coleman
2015 2016
	College or Bust
Dropout Prevention
2018	Junior?? Projects
	Addressing School Pushout	Kaleb Fisher, Ellis Turner, and Marcus Virgil
Facilities
2019	Junior Service Projects
	The Importance of School Beautification (Slides)	Byron Ennis, Jarmine Alexander, Serena Smith, Makayla Williams, Malachia Joseph
	ELL Projects
	Escaping the Gate: Evaluating the Value of School Fencing (Slides)	Yosef Ammouri, Miriam Meras, Meybili Suazo, Denilson Carrasco, Carlos Hernandez, Allan Umanzor
2018	Senior Projects
	Redoing the Blue: Facilities At McKinley	Jessica Wilson
Racism
2018	Junior Projects
	White Privilege and Institutional Racism in Education	Cameron Bruno, J’Airus Johnson, Bionca Smith, Olajuwon Spooner, Mahogany Carey, Garyiana Gurvin, Asiah Lee, Keeondre Mason, and Kobi Singleton
	Good Morning, We Are the IRS: Exposing Institutional Racism in Schools	Charity Gipson, Ashton “AJ” Miles, and Haywood Reed
	Exposing Racism through Stereotypes	Jerrica Eaglin, Lee Gray,  Dayreana Love, Jorissa Hebert, Andrea James, and Alexus Williams
Resources
2019	Senior Projects
	Improving Resources in Schools (Slides)	Brennan Oliver
	ELL Projects
	Tech Talk: Examining School Technology (Slides)	Mounina Abderrahmane, Ghufran Al-Shammari, Fazila Muhammad, Abdul Muhammad
	Seeking Solutions: A Play and Dialogue (Slides)	Darielis Alvarez, Michelle Rosales, Brandon Dubon, Olivia Soto, Karla Funes, Williams Funes, Wilson Garcia, Sandy Hernandez, Wilmer Lopez, Maria Rocha, Dania Vargas, Celeni Gonzales, Haylin Cardona, Giliany Fuentes, Consuelo Romero, Gabriela Pineda, Alejandra Lara, Luis Lemus,  Luis Sandoval, Rodolfo Villatoro, Jonathan Garrido
2018	Sophomore Projects
	Community Involvement and School Resources	Hector Alvarez, Aleyria Griffin, Anthony Griffin, Antionette Hodges, Abner "Micah" Scott, Jaden Smith
	Obtaining Fair Resources for McKinley High Obtaining Fair Resources for McKinley High	Kennedi Davis, Tareil George, Lamar Short, Karin Wright, Kenny Williams, Khalil Stephens, Kya Smith, Kevin Smith, and Kiren Jones
	Obtaining Fair Resources for McKinley High	Treylon White, Quintin Isaac, Tye’le James, Taliya Thompson, Steven Miranda, Taelah Dillion, Dameon Ricks, and Temekia Mason
2015 2016
	Unequal, Unmatched, Uneven	Keri Hill & Jordan Wilkerson
	Educational Justice	Monteria Jackson, Dajsa Magee, Nautica Dalton
	Access in Education
Safety
2017	Senior Projects
	Sexual Assault in High School	Jaya Turner
School Community
2019	Junior Service Projects
	The McKinley Experiment: McKinley History (Slides)	Freddie Murphy, Koulton Henderson, Jeremiah Bowers, Khalil Stephens, La’Riah Howard, Kadajaisha Love
	Building Better School Relationships Between Teachers and Students at McKinley (Slides)	Kennedi Davis, Kenderick Marshall, Aleyria Griffin, Jerranie Grey, Rochelle Cornelius, Kevin Brown
	Sophomore Projects
	Improving School Image (Slides)	Gesley Connor-Ramos, Passion Jones, Brianna Rankins
2018	Sophomore Projects
	Exploring Restorative Justice at McKinley	Anthony Griffin, Malachia Joseph, and Iyanna Shellmire
	Building Positive Relationships at McKinley	Kennedi Davis and Lauryn Knight
2017	Senior?? Projects
	Cultural Awareness	Eric Schaubmaier
	Sophomore Projects
	Building Unbreakable Bonds At McKinley	Natalie Harrison, Randy Barze, Kobi Singleton, and Mahogany Carey
	Respect and Learning Experiences
	School Pride, Student Rights, Social Supports
	Building Respect and Community	Brennan Oliver, Eric martin, Ford Leary, Jessica Wilson, Sada Portis, Justin Douglas
School Policy
2019	Senior Projects
	Academic Barriers Against School Activities (Slides)	J'Airus Johnson
	Humanizing Schools (Slides)	Justin Douglas
	Uniform Justice (Slides)	Trenton Ricard
	ELL Projects
	What Students Wear: Examining School Uniforms (Slides)	Yunior Antunez, Edgar Lara, Yeili Pineda, Oscar Ardon, Genesis Solorzano, Ingrid Trochez
School-to-Prison Pipeline
2019	Senior Projects
	Tracking Academic Segregation (Slides)	Dayreana Love
	Sophomore Projects
	Understanding the School to Prison Pipeline (Slides)	Camary Pierre, Chantell Johnson, Carlyle Smith, Christopher Sims
2017	Senior Projects
	Graduation Or Incarceration	Carl Stevens
Student Motivation
2019	ELL Projects
	Who Cares? : Promoting Student Motivation (Slides)	Aslyn Bacca, Dariela Funez, Lester Rodriguez, Dilber Carias, Axel Dubon, Kevin Carias
2017	Senior Projects
	Students Lack ofCare for Education Students Lack of Care for Education	Nick Delaney
Student Voice
2017	Sophomore Projects
	Student Voice Matters	Charity Gipson, Kentrell Freeman, Jermaine Hawkins, Mckhaleb Kemp, and Trinity Ricard
	The Importance of Student Voice	Andrea james, Dayreana Love, Jorissa King, Evan Jupiter, Jerrica Eaglin, Alexus, Cameron Bruno, Kierra
Teachers
2019	Senior Projects
	Devouring Your Education: Don’t Let School Control You (Slides)	Jessica Wilson
	Black Male Teachers: The Mass Extinction (Slides)	Ashanta Gleason
2018	Sophomore Projects
	Exceptional Teacher, Exceptional Future	Deborah Bestman, Byron Ennis, Desonee' Madison, Jayla Morgan, Chavaria Price, D'Vaughn Risin
	Ending Teacher Shortages	Jeremiah Bowers, Kevin Brown, Kaleb Fisher, Jerranie Gray, Koulton Henderson, Jordyn Jones, Ja'Vares Joseph, Kashara Young
	Teacher Shortage: The Struggle	Monique Caldwell, Taylen Roberts, Trinity Ross, Iyanna Shellmire, Shedrell Willis, Jayla Morgan, Quan’Tyrian Addison
Transportation
2018	Sophomore Projects
	The Impact TransportationHas on Students	Alexis Hamilton, Jai Lathers, D'Quarius Robertson, Digby Stridiron, Alan Taylor
	The Transportation System	Justin Givens, La'Riah Howard, Lauryn Knight, Kennedy Laird, Kadajaisha Love, Kenderick Marshall, Freddie Murphy III, Jasmine Turner
	The Impact of the Transportation System	Trenton Collins, Rochelle Cornelius, Malachia Joseph, Trenton Robertson, Richard Tome, Makayla Williams
Miscellaneous
2019	Senior Projects
	Who Really Cares About Us: The Effects of Child Neglect on Education (Slides)	Alexus Williams
	Games Help the Brain (Slides)	Jermol Thomas
	Junior Service Projects
	Building One McKinley (Slides)	Trevez Tanzy, Nahomy Zeron-Escoto, Estella Lopez, D’Vaugh Risin, Anthony Griffin
	ELL Projects
	Value of Time: Examining Time in School (Slides)	Rodolfo Villatoro, Jonael Ulloa, Kenya Duran, Angel Ramirez, Jeyson Munoz
2018	Junior Projects
	Exploring Quality Education	Evan Jupiter, Trenton Robertson, and Richard Tome
	Sophomore Projects
	Reimagining Schools: Failure of Success	Kadajaisha Love, Lamar Short, and Tareil George
2017	Senior Projects
	The Hidden Cost	Dajsa Magee
	It is My Funding, And I Need it Now Learning Spaces: The Alternative Facts	Jordan Wilkerson
	Falling Through the Cracks	Mikell Pipes, Jr.
	Unequal Education: Facing the Issue of Education Quality	Nautica Dalton
Healthcare
2019	Senior Projects
	Flower Power (Slides)	Ford Leary
2017	Senior?? Projects
	Breaking Down Institutions: Racism in Health	Hamza Ott
LGBTQ+ Community
2019	Junior Service Projects
	Making the LGBTQ+ Community Feel Safe (Slides)	Jayla Morgan, Jaden Smith, Marissa McKenzie, Hector Alvarez, Chavaria Price, D’Quarius Robertson
2015 2016
	Breaking the Closet	Dontre’lle Martin
	Tragedy of Transgender Treatment: Addressing Normalized Hate
Mental Health & Suicide Prevention
2019	Senior Projects
	Depression In The Household (Slides)	Jaylon King
	Suicide Prevention Awareness (Slides)	Kobi Singleton
2015 2016
	Love Yourself Baby: The Study of What Affects Girls’ Self Esteem	Danielle Dubriel & Mia Age
Poverty
2019	Senior Projects
	Homelessness Not Hopelessness (Slides)	Lee Gray
	Sophomore Projects
	Understanding Poverty (Slides)	Ty’Rich Cox, Ke’Ira Collier, Kaelyn HIll
2015 2016
	Living in Poverty: Trials and Tribulations	Devante Johnson & Jayrel Wilson
	Homelessness and Its Disadvantages	Michael Caine
Prejudice & Oppression
Adultism
2018	Junior Projects
	Empowering Youth by Overcoming Adultism	Jade Beauchamp, Raven Butler, and Darionte Jackson
2017	Senior Projects
	History Under Erasure: Youth Voices on Mute Sound of Rebellion: Intergenerational Ripples (Slides)	Vincent Honey
	Delete Adultism Delete Adultism	Rondal Weems
	Sophomore Projects
	We Also Have a Voice	Johne’ Forman, Collie Mansion, Mya Sibley, and Haywood Reed
2015 2016
	Adultism: The Unknown	Kennedi Horton, N’dia Ruffin, Carl Stephens
	Anchored Youth	Nick Delaney & Josephine Fox
	Outing Adultism!	Tyeone Barner & Jaya Turner
	Adultism: Double-Standards at Their Finest	Vincent Honey & Raven Slaughter
Racism
2015 2016
	How Mass Media Affects P.O.C.	Joshua Robillard
	Identifying White Privilege
Sizeism
2015 2016
	Bigger Than Fashion: “Plus Size” Edition	Kaiya Smith
Sexism
2019	Senior Projects
	Battling Sexism (Slides)	Andrea James
	What About Him? (Slides)	Ca'Che Barnes
	Masculinity in America (Slides)	Johne Forman
	Beyond Pink and Blue (Slides)	Kureyus Williams
	What Is Sexual Assault To You? (Slides)	Mya Sibley
	Marching Into Sexism (Slides)	Tykebra Weams
2018	Junior Projects
	A Woman is Human	Ca’Che Barnes and Johne Forman
	#TheMainPoint	Ca’Che Barnes, Johne Forman, Trinity Ricard, and Kureyus Williams
	Gender Equality is a Myth	Makaylen Matthews, Eric Martin, Davine Robertson, and Jermol Thomas
2017	Senior Projects
	Black Girls’ Edit	Jordan Stewart
	Girls and Boys: Gender Jail	Kaitlyn Davis
	The Secret Culture of Hegemonic Masculinity in the Black Community The Secret Culture of Hegemonic Masculinity in the Black Community	Tyeone Barner
2015 2016
	Purple Purse Jr.	BriHop
	Womxn of Color Empowered	Bri’Yonna Collins
	The Language It Speaks	Robin
Xenophobia
2017	Senior Projects
	Nyanlopaai (Paper) Nyanlopaai (Slides)	Nyankiir Choch
Relationships
2019	Senior Projects
	The Hidden Truth Behind Familial Relationships and “Situationships” (Slides)	Makaylen Matthews
2017	Senior Projects
	Intergenerational Relationships	Ton'Neashia Edwards
	Student Voice: Building Emotional Support	Garyiana G.
	Sophomore Projects
	Improving Relationships	Makaylen Matthews, Davine Robertson, Alexis Walker, Lashae Lenard, Tykebra Weams, Lee Gray, Jermol Thomas
2015 2016
	The Degradation of Black Intimate Relationships in America	Ronnie Jackson & Tristen
Student Athletes
2019	Senior Projects
	Tips for Better College Athletic Recruitment (Slides)	Carter Tucker
	Exploring School Athletics and Pride (Slides)	Darionte Jackson
	Is the LHSAA Process Fair? (Slides)	Evan Jupiter
	You Can Count on Me, Coach! (Slides)	Kaleb Augusts
	Do College Athletes Deserve to Get Paid? (Slides)	McKhaleb Kemp
	ELL Projects
	Soccer: The Other Football (Slides)	Edgar Garcia, Kenin Orellana, Johana Hernandez, Jafet Castro
Teenage Issues
Bullying
2019	Senior Projects
	What's In a Bully? (Slides)	Jerrica Eaglin
2018	Junior Projects
	The Reasons Behind Anti-Bullying	Jerrica Eaglin and Antoinette Hodges
Family Relationships
2017	Senior Projects
	Absent Parents and How It Affects Teens	Alexis Johnson
	What a Parent Can Do to a Teen	Kenneth Linson
Healthcare
2019	Junior Service Projects
	Enjoy the Glow of Good Health (Slides)	Shedrell Willis, Taliya Thompson, Trenton Collins, Monique Caldwell
Pregnancy & Motherhood
2019	Senior Projects
	Teen Pregnancy (Slides)	Davine Robertson
2017	Senior Projects
	Single Teen Mother Single Teen Mother	Monteria Jackson
Representation
2019	Junior Service Projects
	Student Voice and the Challenges of Adultism (Slides)	Kenny Williams, Tareil George, Kiren Jones, Kaleb Fisher
Role Models for Youth
2019	Senior Projects
	Positive Role Models for Youth (Slides)	Eric Martin
2015 2016
	S.O.S.	Jordan Stewart, Kenneth Linson, Kaitlyn Davis
Stress
2019	Senior Projects
	Teenage Stress (Slides)	Alexis Walker
Violence
Domestic Violence & Child Abuse
2019	Senior Projects
	Domestic Violence: Unreleased Records (Slides)	Clarise Preston
	Child Abuse (Slides)	Geneya Brown
	Sophomore Projects
	Know Your Worth (Slides)	Makiyah Jacobs, Ka’Liyah Cayer, Ayana Warren, Doniya Melvin, Daysha Hilts
2017	Senior Projects
	My Body My Choice MyBODYMyCHOICE #TREND	N'Dia Ruffin
Gun Violence
2019	Senior Projects
	Can We End the Gun Violence (Slides)	Garyiana Gurvin
	Sophomore Projects
	Gun Violence (Slides)	De’Shawn Anthony, Orin Veals, Kardell Samuel
Sexual Assault
2019	Senior Projects
	Defining Sexual Assault (Slides)	Bionca Smith
	Raising Awareness on Conflicts of Sexual Assault & Harassment (Slides)	Raven Butler
	Sophomore Projects
	Sexual Assault (Slides)	Kamryn Lemon, Brianna Wheeler, Jayla Jordan, Mackenzie Thomas
	The Secret of Sexual Assault (Slides)	Kayce Milton, Madison Smith, Trinity Spurlock, Tania Smith, Dae’Nija Mitchell, Maurianna Bowers, Laila Aaron
2015 2016
	RC: The AfterLife: The Study of Rape Culture in America	Amber Torrence
Voter Registration
2019	Junior Service Projects
	Why Don’t Minorities Vote?! (Slides)	Karin Wright, Kya Smith, Kashara Young, Kevin Smith, Eric Brown
Miscellaneous
2017	Senior Projects
	Afterlife of Hurricane Katrina	Raven Slaughter
	Lost File of the African American	Kennedi Horton
2015 2016
	Palestine and Perspective
	Dissolving the Boundaries: Ecological Literacy & Snake Culture	Isabella Frank