Reposted from the Not In Our Town Blog
By Becki Cohn-Vargas, Not In Our School Director
- Bringing a group of students staff and parents together in a leadership team to design an ongoing campaign
- A campaign launch with a motivational speaker, followed by parent meetings, student assemblies and small group dialogues and team-building to bring students of different ethnic groups together
- A mural project so that students could experience a meaningful project together.

Video Presentation: Smith High School Simulation About Breaking Down Cliques and Bridging Racial Divisions
1. Two cliques are separated because of race. As they walk past each other to go to class, they begin getting violent and very loud. Watch video.
4. Another idea the principal had was to have the students make a mural which helped everyone get along. Watch video.