Hands for a Bridge was honored to host a day of education, laughter and learning on October 22 by hosting the play Sonny Sixkiller Buys the Washington Redskins. This exciting live production by Native American playwright, Darrell Hillaire, was shown last year to an enthusiastic audience at the Moore Theatre and joined us again to Seattle…
Hands for a Bridge (HFB) is an innovative and immersive program designed to educate and empower students to build a more connected, informed and just world. The program is run through a unique partnership with Roosevelt High School in Seattle, Washington. Students must apply to participate in the intensive year-long academic and extra-curricular program. Teachers…
Hands for a Bridge includes a bilateral exchange program, allowing students to travel across the world to develop a global dialog about peace and justice. Every February a class of students from Roosevelt High School in Seattle split up and travel to Northern Ireland and South Africa – two regions where a long history of…
Poetry, song, dance, film, literature, and many other art forms are central to the HFB curriculum. Students participate in the curriculum through a daily language arts class at Roosevelt High School in Seattle, along with weekly after-school meetings. The arts are used both as a lens for examining social justice issues as well as a…
Throughout the school year in Seattle, students complete Activist Projects to explore an aspect of their own community that needs greater understanding and social change. They propose their Activist Projects based on the skills and resources they have developed through the classroom curriculum and exchange program. By completing their projects, they emerge as leaders ,…