STORYMAP: The journey of Rahman Amiri
When we read an article about a refugee’s journey, we don’t get the same impression as when we actually talk to the person who took the steps to flee his country for another place.
VIDEO: ‘Scared, surprised, determined’ — youth in Oakland, California, react to Trump’s election
Youth videographers at Media Enterprise Alliance in Oakland created this video in response to Republican Donald J. Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 8.
Student feminists react to U.S. election news: “I do not respect Donald Trump at all”
“You can say you’re sorry for something, but that doesn’t mean you didn’t do it, or didn’t say the things that you said,” argued Casselis.
American School of Paris students react to U.S. presidential results
It was a grey, rainy Wednesday morning in Paris by the time the U.S. presidential election results were announced, and the weather mirrored students’ reactions: Anger, disappointment and fear.
President-elect Trump accepts results, praises Clinton and promises to “rebuild America”
“To all Republicans and Democrats and Independents across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people. I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans. And this is so important to me,” Trump added.
EDITORIAL: Now more than ever, it’s up to millennials to critique, create the world we want
Neither the government nor whatever makes our lives great now are beholden to the federal politicians we elect today. Today’s election does not predict what is to come — but our scrutiny will be more important than ever along with our continued engagement in the political process.
Exhaustion, disappointment, indifference at Eiffel Tower as U.S. voters head to polls
Overall, the general mood towards the U.S. presidential nominees was best summarized by Cametto, who said it was a choice between “le moins mal (the least evil).”
America’s election night nears: Be a foreign correspondent for your peers
Submit your own video to globalstudentsquare@gmail.com and we may feature it Tuesday along with recordings of our around-the-world video chats in Europe, Asia and the United States.
PHOTOS: Bali students create, cover, critique Conference of Youth summit in Morocco
Members of GS Green Generation, a Green School program that focuses on environmental activism and journalism, networked, performed flash mobs and set up a booth to describe Green School initiatives including Bye Bye Plastic Bags, a campaign that succeeded in persuading Bali to outlaw plastic bags as of 2018, and BioBus, a waste-oil recycling program.
Bali student journalists push to cover climate change summit in Morocco
A group of high school student journalists from Indonesia took to Facebook and YouTube today to protest after they were denied access to the COP22 climate change conference scheduled to begin next week in Marrakech, Morocco.