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My name is Mila, and I am going to start high school this fall. Education is something very important to me- I love going to school and learning new things, and I think a love for discovery and knowledge is one of the fundamental building blocks of a happy life, and a functioning society. But through my experiences navigating my own public school system, I’ve learned that resources are spread anything but equitably. While money isn’t everything, it is a necessity in a school. Makeshift classrooms and under-payed teachers can’t reliably spark the love of learning in students, and to deny them that is to severely limit their chances of academic and general happiness and success. Nobody’s socio-economic background or neighborhood should ever prevent them from learning in a safe and well-equipped environment; that is something I firmly believe in, and will try my best to ensure.


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My Community Action Plan

The primary issue my project addresses is the economic inequality between schools in the United States. While a larger movement is necessary to enact nation-wide change, I can supply some of my area’s most disadvantaged students with a few of the materials they will need for academic success, and that is my goal. I am going to fill backpacks for students in kindergarten through fifth grade with school supplies, resource directories, a handmade gift, and a book. These backpacks will be donated to one or more local homeless shelters who have expressed need for these supplies.

I have set my product list and pricing to accommodate 30 backpacks (with any extra supplies donated to the shelter as well), but if there are more donations, I would love to assemble and donate more completed sets. Below are the items in my Amazon Wish List, as well as any other supplies I need:

  • Backpacks
  • Erasers
  • Two-Pocket Folders
  • Colored composition notebooks
  • ​#2 Pencils
  • 1.5’’ binders
  • Glue sticks
  • ​​Pencil sharpeners
  • Crayola 24 pc. Crayons
  • Plastic 12’’ rulers
  • Black ballpoint pens
  • 5" Blunt tip scissors
  • Lined Index Cards

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Address

Social Justice Sewing Academy
​PO Box 2473 
​Antioch, CA 94531

Email

info@sjsacademy.com
  • HOME
    • ABOUT >
      • SJSA Business Incubator
      • MEET THE TEAM
      • SJSA AMBASSADORS >
        • Audrey Bernier
        • Bryan Robinson
        • Cecilia Charney
        • Kailah Foreman
        • Ann Guiam
        • Carina Cabriales
        • Chloe Gorski
        • Fia Carlone
        • Yohana Tecleab
  • Shop
  • DONATE
    • Become a Monthly Donor
    • SPONSOR
  • GET INVOLVED
    • HOST A WORKSHOP
    • JOIN THE TEAM
    • HOST THE ART >
      • WHAT WE DO >
        • Quilts of Remembrance
        • THE MOVEMENT >
          • TESTIMONIALS
          • OUR COMMUNITY QUILT PROCESS
        • The SJSA Remembrance Project >
          • Remembrance Project Page
        • Block of the Month
  • GALLERY
    • WORKSHOPS >
      • Arts in Corrections Conference
      • Alliance Gertz-Ressler High School
      • Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
      • Cambridge Rindge and Latin
      • Jefferson High School
      • Girls Garage Workshop
      • Lakota Youth Speak
      • Obama Portrait Workshop
      • Pollination Project Workshop
      • RAC x Latina Center Workshop
      • Stitch. Resist. Persist.
      • Overton High School
      • Vallejo Probation
    • PROGRAMS >
      • SJSA x SJQTM >
        • Community Action Projects
      • 2019 SUMMER INSTITUTE
      • 2018 SUMMER INSTITUTE
      • SJSA Summer 2018
      • Berkeley Summer 2016
    • Quilts >
      • Individual Quilts
      • Berkeley SJSA Class of 2016
      • Art Behind Bars Volume I
      • Art Behind Bars Volume II
      • Community Quilts >
        • 2016 Community Quilts
        • 2017 Community Quilts
        • 2018 Community Quilts
        • 2019 Community Quilts
        • 2020 Community Quilts
        • 2021 Community Quilts
      • Cuba Series
      • Obama Portrait Series
    • Exhibitions >
      • Current Exhibitions >
        • UC Riverside
      • Past Exhibitions >
        • Connecting Threads: SF Jewish Center
        • Fuller Craft Museum
        • Pacific International Quilt Festival 2018
        • Threads of Truth Gallery Guide
        • Panorama Framing Gallery
        • Pick Museum at NIU
        • Mule Gallery >
          • Mule Gallery Guide
        • Museum of Design Atlanta
        • New England Quilt Museum
        • QuiltCon 2018
        • QuiltCon 2019
        • QuiltCon 2020
        • Richmond Art Center
        • Ross Art Museum
        • San Jose Museum of Quilt & Textiles
        • Utah Quilt & Sewing Marketplace
        • Voices in Cloth
        • World Quilt Tampa 2019
  • PRESS
    • ARTICLES >
      • A Stitch in Time - Fuller Craft Exhibit Review
      • Brentwood Press
      • Britex Fabric
      • BTMB Magazine
      • Chicago Tribune
      • Craftivism Blog
      • Crafty Planner
      • Create Whimsy
      • Creativity Project
      • Harvard GSE
      • Huffington Post
      • Hyperallergic Article
      • Mercery News
      • Midwest Craft Con 2020
      • Modern Patchwork
      • Quilt Trip
      • Quilting Art Magazine
      • Quilting as a Social Medium
      • Seriously Badass Women
      • Stonemountain and Daughter
      • Teen Vogue
      • Urban Plains
      • Washington Post - Injustice Block
    • PODCASTS >
      • Close Knit Podcast
      • Craft Alliance Podcast
      • Crafty Planner Podcast
      • JCCSF Panel
      • Just Wanna Quilt - Colleen Haraden
      • Just Wanna Quilt - Nancy Williams
      • Just Wanna Quilt - Sara Trail
      • Law and Disorder Podcast
      • Positively Creative Summit
  • CONTACT
  • Resources
  • New Page