Marquette, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – Marquette Senior High School students are coming together to show they are neither apathetic nor unengaged in the political process.
Marquette Area Public Schools Superintendent Bill Saunders joined the Sunny Morning Show today to talk about the inaugural Tom Baldini Soapbox Challenge, which will take place at the Marquette High School Little Theater on Friday, November 30th, at 10:15 am.
Saunders said the youth-driven civic engagement event calls on students to speak out on issues that affect them and their communities.
He said the event will honor the legacy of Tom Baldini, a former educator at Marquette Area Public Schools and a longtime area politician and public servant who made an impact at the local, state, and national level.
Saunders said Baldini devoted his life to promoting civic activism, solving problems, and working to make his community a better place, and the dual purpose of this Soapbox Challenge is to honor Baldini’s legacy and to engage and empower the next generation of community leaders.
LISTEN IN – Bill Saunders with more about the Inaugural Tom Baldini Soapbox Challenge.
VISIT – The Marquette Area Public Schools website for more information.
This is such a great activity. My son stood up in front of his class and spoke out against racism as a preliminary activity to the one on Friday. Mr. Baldini would be proud to learn that it was the first time our son spoke publicly about something that he has been challenged with on a personal level. He shared with us that the speech was a challenge and out of his comfort zone, but he did it as this platform was a safe environment to practice civic activism :)