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• Creating dialogue among educators and students, especially Black Canadian youth, regularly proves problematic because of the history of their negative schooling experiences.
• As an education researcher who examines schooling experiences of Black Canadian youth and their families, I have worked alongside Black high-school students in grades 10-12 to engage youth voices at the Black Student Summer Leadership Program.
• It also necessarily implies action on the part of receptive and understanding adults, willing and poised to help bring about changes youth need to see.

Struggles in and for ‘voice’

• One of the greatest struggles to allow for “voice” is the role of adults in these interactions and the hierarchical nature of schools.
• Paying attention to student voice involves changing fundamental values, norms and institutional practices, which means teachers need to be open to this shift.
• Scholars and education researchers challenged school staff to stop seeing youth as passive recipients of an education.

Black youth’s whole selves

• If schools desire genuine opportunities for students to be heard, educators must see Black youth as their whole selves.
• Teachers who view the validity in sharing power in classrooms will actively seek Black students’ input.

Youth Participatory Action Research

• Black students involved in this program gain leadership opportunities and positive relationships with adults and their peers while participating in research.
• Participatory action research has been associated with revolutionary educational projects.

Youth as co-researchers

• The principle of Youth Participatory Action Research includes adults sharing the space with youth as co-researchers, sharing ownership in decision-making and supporting and empowering youth as agents of change.
• Black students learn how to become submerged in their own research, rather than experiencing themselves as the object of others’ research.

What shapes education

• Youth Participatory Action Research provides Black students with opportunities to discuss what shapes their education.
• In the summer program, Black students present research projects to education stakeholders.
• In order for change to be implemented, key decision makers need to be willing to engage youth and to act.

A promising approach

• Youth Participatory Action Research is a promising approach for creating avenues to support Black students’ self-determination and agency.
• Amplifying youth voice in alignment with the mission and values of school communities is significant for an empowered path forward.

• SOLON, Ohio, Sept. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pizza toppings have always been a topic of debate and this summer DIGIORNO® is fueling the fire with its most contentious pizza yet – introducing the DIGIORNO Pineapple Pickle Pizza.
• While some have previously created pizza varieties using these hot-button toppings, this is the first-ever DIGIORNO pie to have both pineapples and pickles on one pizza.
• Loaded with controversy, DIGIORNO Pineapple Pickle Pizza brings together two of the most divisive toppings in pizza history.
• "We know consumers love to debate pizza toppings, especially pineapple and pickles, and we're excited to see how pizza lovers will react to this latest creation."

• That’s right, Wraps are here for good, with three flavor combos including two fan favorites:
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• The spicy Jalapeño Ranch Chicken Wrap – Jimmy John’s could barely keep up with the demand for this unexpected flavor combo when first introduced this summer.
• Brand new look – the updated catering menu includes new packaging like the ready-to-serve boxes, as well as, branded canvas bag that Jimmy John’s fans will be excited to reuse.
• Head to participating Jimmy John’s locations to try any of the permanent wraps or to order your catering needs today.

• The Throwback Taco on the Condado menu will be a new addition under Suggested Tacos, and is a fan fav which will be priced at $4.00.
• Condado's hand crafted margaritas feature a choice of 7 fresh fruit purees, including blood orange, muddled jalapeño and prickly pear.
• "Condado Tacos is an exciting growth brand that is all about great food, margs and fun, offering our guests a NextGen fast casual, full service dining experience that is second to none," said Chris Artinian, Condado Tacos President & CEO (and formerly the President/CEO at Morton's Steakhouses).
• "With an average price per person of $18 that includes two tacos, a dip and a margarita, nobody can beat us in terms of providing the highest quality experience along with the best overall value."