Artists and advocates

above: as part of #ENOUGH, Gordon faculty, staff, and extended family members read alongside ten seventh and eighth graders

On Wednesday night, Gordon hosted the Wilbury Theatre Group and the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence as they participated in the national arts activism project called #ENOUGH. Nationally recognized playwrights selected eight plays, written by high school students, to be read across the country to mark the date of the Columbine school shooting on April 20th.

The opportunity to read high school students' work, grounded in an important national conversation, drew a great deal of interest from within the Gordon community. The reading featured seven faculty, staff and alumni, and ten seventh and eighth graders.

Gordon's Middle School curriculum provides students with a series of ways to connect with local organizations who are using arts to advocate for social change. Gordon is grateful to the Wilbury Theatre Group and the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence for providing students with this opportunity to bring life to the work of teenage playwrights.

The reading was free and open to the public.