Articles in "The Match" Reflect Responsible Citizenship

Many of the writings touch on the eight pillars of the School's Responsible Citizenship Initiative: Global Engagement, Inclusion, Economic Literacy, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Ethics, Civic Engagement and Service Learning.

Responsible Citizenship empowers engaged, contributing citizens by nurturing students’ compassion, creativity and purpose. Please take a few moments and enjoy some of The Match's most in-depth work of the year.

 

Civic Engagement, Sustainability | Frances Melvin writes about the James River and how pollution and clean-up efforts have affected how Richmonders use the James.  

 

Ethics, Sustainability | Olivia Jacobs writes about small steps we can take to help global warming and other environmental problems.

 

Global Engagement, Sustainability | Libbie Alexander writes about poaching and endangered animals in southern Africa

 

Global Engagement, Civic Engagement | Destana Herring interviews his aunt Milen Kidane, a Child Protection Specialist with UNICEF, and writes about the work that organization does for children around the world.

 

Economic Literacy | Spencer Lyons talks to Upper Schoolers who have part-time jobs and writes about balancing employment with school and life.

 

Economic Literacy, Ethics | Bobbie Edmunds writes about women in Hollywood and the Bechdel Test, addressing the issues of equal pay and representation in film and television. 

 

Ethics | Olivia Laskin writes about her Senior Seminar class Food In America, asking if we really know what goes into the production of the food we consume every day. 

 

Ethics | Caroline Baber on the end of the Ringling Bros. circus and the implications of using trained animals for entertainment