The Equality Project

Issue: Natural and Societal Disaster Preparedness

Grant Amount: $

69000

The Equality Project was designed by ACPA students for high school students to work with middle and elementary school students exploring issues pertaining to inequality, discrimination, acceptance, bullying, diversity, abuse and suicide. Directly tied to state education standards, students will create live performances representing personal experiences with these issues. Reflection and critical thinking exercises will be utilized to further tie the explorations directly to state-based education standards.

Using a previously created performance as a model, issues of inequality among elementary, middle and high school students will be expressed through the creation and production of single act plays that will exist under an umbrella program titled The Equality Project. Working collaboratively with outside partners, community members, students, parents and current staff including theater, creative writing, language arts and social studies teachers, ACPA students will create single act, minimalist stage productions of plays titled ‘Discrimination’, ‘Diversity and Acceptance,’ ‘Bully!’ ‘Grow’ and ‘Change.’ The ultimate objective will be to perform these plays as a series, over time, to unique student audiences in elementary, middle and high school. Accompanying each presentation will be age-appropriate unit and lesson plans specifically researched and written by ACPA students that will promote meaningful reflective thinking on issues pertaining to each play. Add-on lesson plans will include directions for teachers in participating schools to enable students to create their own plays and performances. State standards for language arts, social studies and theater/drama will be incorporated into accompanying unit and lesson plans. Ultimately, ACPA intends to professionally produce, market and sell The Equality Project as an education program to sustain the program beyond this grant.

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