Over the past few weeks, we’ve been interviewing superheroes who were hoping to represent our America Learns Network Superstars on this site and in the community. As you can imagine, given how amazing our Network members are, we had quite a number of superheroes try out for the spot. Heck, even Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman showed up! ![]() We took this snapshot of him after we told him that he won. He was pretty lit up by the news. There’s one MAJOR DOWNSIDE to this guy. He’s nameless :-(. (The reason? It’s some crazy superhero drama that we just don’t need to get into.) We need your help naming our superhero! Is he a Lance? Is he a Superstar Sam? Captain Learns? What do you think? Please share your ideas by entering a comment to this post below. We and our superhero really appreciate you giving him an identity. It’ll do wonders for his self-image. |
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Meet _________. Oh, wait. He doesn’t have a name yet!
Monday, January 12, 2009
January 2009: Crystal Carmona, Our “So Long” Superstar
Key Terms
![]() | Burrito: Girls For A Change (girlsforachange.org): Burrito Hugging: (PS: We just launched this site on January 12th. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be posting every strategy we highlighted last year right here. To receive notifications of the strategies we post, either subscribe to our feed at the right hand side of this page or sign up for our free newsletter.) |
Background
![]() ![]() | Crystal Carmona is a high school student in San Jose, CA. She has been involved with GFC for three years, not only as a program participant, but also as a Girls Steering Committee member and as a GFC spokesperson on TV. Several years ago, she and some GFC peers developed the burrito hugging activity as a way to say goodbye to a student who was leaving the school. Crystal told us that, "We were thinking we should just come up with something, and I said, ‘Oh, a hug!’ After a while, my teammates were like, ‘How about a hug that actually means something?’ We were just playing around and then we became all wound up.” It was a unique way to say good-bye to others when her peers rejected a traditional group hug. Last month, a fellow GFC team member and one of her team's coaches left the group. Emotions were running high. Crystal recommended that the group burrito hug. As you'll read below, when the strategy is done in conjunction with GFC's "Queen of the Hill" activity, burrito hugging can become a part of a perfect closure process when saying goodbye to group members. Check it out below, and please leave your comments at the bottom of the strategy for Crystal. |
The Strategy
BURRITO HUGGING
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Thoughts?
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