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Show your support and order your limited edition t-shirt today! We are incredibly excited to announce the talented winners of our very first art contest! Each artist submitted their interpretation of the theme, respect.relate.connect! Berta H. and Ziye W. submitted their wonderfully different and equally representative designs that you can see below. Read more about

By: Sophia He Youth Council Consciously or unconsciously, our communities contribute to our identity and sense of self. While each of us has our own unique identity, whether a community is one that “bridges” or “others” plays a crucial role in the formation of a healthy identity and ultimately, a healthy community. Othering is a

For me, respect involves understanding rather than  judging. As a human being and a social animal, I encounter inevitable situations where I interact with others. Some of these interactions might be voluntary, some might not, but all of them require the participation of at least two entities and therefore a platform where attitudes such as

By Sophia He As inevitable navigators of society and the internal mind, we are all , right at this moment, going through experiences that shape our values and political beliefs. For teenagers, schools are a major part of their lives and play an indispensable role in the shaping of these values, whether intentionally or not.

Peilin Lu is a rising high school junior. She is passionate about social justice, history, and political science.  What led you to Living Room Conversations? Sonder is my favorite word in the English language, a noun for the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. From

Sophia He is currently a high school student going into tenth grade in the fall of 2020. She is a student at Newton Country Day School, which is a Catholic girls school located in Newton, Massachusetts. Sophia, however, was born in Shanghai, China. She lived there until she came to the U.S. to study when