Why Kids Need Loving Spaces to Untangle Messy Politics
Patricia Liu |
TEDxChristianHeritageSchool
• November 2020
In this talk, Patricia Liu speaks about the dangers of social isolation-- and how young people must have access to safe, challenging, and community-oriented spaces
where they can develop their self-identities alongside
their political identities: spaces where politics isn't a synonym for discord but solidarity and community engagement. The daughter of first-generation Americans, Patricia comes from a long line of educators. After graduating from Wellesley College in 2014, she started her career in teaching at Christian Heritage School where she developed and implemented the K-12 Mandarin Chinese program. In 2017, she started the Model Congress program at CHS with a small cohort of 13 students. Three years later, Model Congress at CHS has since quadrupled in size and remains one of the most active and accoladed student groups on campus. To date, CHSMC students have won over 24 awards at major conferences, including two Best Delegation awards in 2018 and 2020. In 2020, Patricia left CHS to pursue full-time graduate studies and is currently an Ed.M candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she is concentrating in Instructional Leadership within the Learning & Teaching program.