Blog entries from ahill

Taking Youth-Led Workshops to Students Across PA

Azeem Hill — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:26:17 +0100

PSU is expanding our workshops across PA. We have been meeting with high school students from Reading and Chester, and leading some of PSU's core workshops. It is our way of getting more students outside Philly to think about organizing, and also a way to build a student network in PA.

Last month, Javier Morris and I led a workshop about young peoples oppression in Reading for students in the Penn State Educational Partnership Program (PEPP) summer program. The students were a little sRead More...

Students are Continuing MLK's Legacy of Non-Violent Resistance

Azeem Hill — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:35:38 +0100

We gather here today to celebrate Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.’s massive impact on our society. He proved that nonviolence and the unarmed truth was the most effective reform strategy.

What unites us is the memory of a man and his dream. Look around you: we are his dream. We are united across color lines, neighborhoods, religious groups. Because, like Dr. King says “we all came here on different ships but we are in the same boat.”

We are a very diverse group. Look aRead More...

First Day at West Philadelphia High school Jr. Year

Azeem Hill — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:02:34 +0100

Today was the first day of my junior year at West Philadelphia High school. This first day was no ordinary first day at West because I am a member of PSU (Philadelphia Student Union). I had the oppertunity last year to plan things for the 9th graders this year. The planning took place amoungst the administrators of West,community members, and student union members. I am very pleased that there were no disciplinary threats directed to students as far as I Read More...

Azeem's BAYM experiance

Azeem Hill — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:33:45 +0100

My name is Azeem Hill and this year is going to be my junior year at West Philadelphia High School.This year I want to do things a little differently from what I’ve been doing. Last year I spent most of my time in workshops obtaining information and participating in discussions within student union. This year I `want to step up and become a leader and help motivate people to become leaders as well. I think that this year's BAYM (Building A YouRead More...

BAYM-Building A Youth Movement

Azeem Hill — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:00:34 +0100

This summer the Philadelphia Student Union is having another BAYM summer program! BAYM stands for building a youth movement. It is structured and coordinated by the students of the student union, which gives students the opportunity to structure and teach a curriculum for fellow students. The reason that I think students design BAYM is because students know best what works for them in the summer time, a time when most people want to meet people and have fun. This is an extremeRead More...

Coming Out

Azeem Hill — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Coming Out......UGH! What an experiance.It had to happen though.

I must say though,PSU has definately played a big role in coming out.Probably the biggest.PSU educated its members on things like homophobia in the past but I've never been a part of any of the workshops because I've been too busy.I do think that just because those workshops go on in our organization it positively impacts the culture of our colorful group of young people in a way that let me know that if anyone wRead More...