APRIL 28, 2017 Derry Journal<\/em><\/p>\n Patrick McBrearty in the leads role as Ryan in \u2018Blinkered\u2019. (Picture by Gav Connolly)<\/p><\/div>\n Janine Magidman, Teacher from Roosevelt High School, said: \u201cYouth suicide is a troubling and tragic concern. Our group from Seattle were deeply moved by our first experience with the Sole Purpose production of \u2018Blinkered\u2019 in Derry in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Supported by an Arts Council International Development Award, Patricia Byrne, the play\u2019s writer and Artistic Director of Sole Purpose, will travel to Seattle in May for three weeks of workshops with up to 150 students at Roosevelt High School and other schools prior to a major mental health awareness event in the city. She also plans to meet with schools and theatre venues in Seattle and New York that would be interested in booking a performance of Blinkered in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n MARCH 2015 \u2013 The Roosevelt News Blog<\/em> November 2012 \u2013 World Affairs Council<\/em> The award recognizes HFBs dedication to increasing global awareness by fostering dialogue about issues surrounding social justice. Over the years, this program has transformed students into global citizens with the vision and resources to affect change in the world. In the past ten years, Roosevelt High School families have opened their hearts and homes to youth ambassadors from Brazil, Serbia, Bosnia, and most recently, Myanmar\/Burma.<\/p>\n December 2006 \u2013 By Paul Nyhan, Seattle Post Intelligencer<\/em> September 2003 \u2013 By ROBERT L. JAMIESON Jr. Seattle Post Intelligencer<\/em> December 2002 \u2013 By LA MONICA EVERETT-HAYNES Seattle Post Intelligencer<\/em> Save<\/span><\/p>\n Save<\/span><\/p>\n Save<\/span><\/p>\n Save<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Derry play tackling suicide and mental health to help youth in US \u00bb APRIL 28, 2017 Derry Journal Janine Magidman, Teacher from Roosevelt High School, said: \u201cYouth suicide is a troubling and tragic concern. Our group from Seattle were deeply moved by our first experience with the Sole Purpose production of \u2018Blinkered\u2019 in Derry in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-204","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsforabridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsforabridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsforabridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsforabridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsforabridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsforabridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1027,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsforabridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204\/revisions\/1027"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsforabridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsforabridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.handsforabridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blinkered-imgage-by-Gav-Connolly-300x200.jpeg\")
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\nPhotos by Karinna Gerhardt<\/p>\nHands for a Bridge Program Receives Award from World Affairs Council<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nHands for a Bridge is a recipient of the World Affairs Council\u2019s 2012 World Educator Award<\/a>! We share this award with all the teachers from Cape Town, to Belfast, to Derry\/Londonderry, to Seattle. Congratulations to all!<\/p>\nSouth African visitors give Roosevelt students lessons on race<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nSeattleites could learn a few things from South Africans, who are only 12 years removed from the racially divided system of apartheid, such as how to talk openly about race, said Pumeza Jonas, who teaches English at Isilimela Comprehensive School in Langa township outside Cape Town. \u201cThe difference between Seattle and SA (South Africa) is that people here do not openly address the race issues,\u201d Jonas commented during an interview. \u201cI feel if people \u2026 can be more vocal about it, then change could come.\u201d<\/p>\nMeet Dream weavers of positive change\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nTranscendence wasn\u2019t the goal 17-year-old Emily Cadigan had in mind before she underwent her civic transformation this year. \u201cWhen I signed up [for Hands for a Bridge], I didn\u2019t know what I was getting into,\u201d Emily said with typical teenage bluntness. Emily and nearly two dozen classmates at Seattle\u2019s Roosevelt High performed with students in South Africa. \u201cWe became, like, one,\u201d Emily recalled.<\/p>\nExchange program reaches from Seattle to South Africa\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nThe Roosevelt students went to Langa thinking they would learn about South Africa, but they left having learned much about their own culture. \u201cIt was hard to come back to interact with people,\u201d said Tam Johnson, a 17-year-old senior. \u201cPeople are content with their comfort zone, but they don\u2019t know how much more culture there is in our society. They could know.\u201d<\/p>\n