OUR VISION
Give students the power to be change agents.
Who We Are
Erase the Space is a non-profit organization formed by Derek Burtch, an English teacher at Olentangy Liberty High School in Powell, Ohio, and Amelia Gordon, a former English teacher at Columbus South High School in Columbus, Ohio. What We Do Facilitate a year-long writing exchange between our respective classrooms in order to help repair public discourse. Students write letters and opinion pieces, communicate via Twitter and gChat, and ultimately meet in person. Working in teams (two students from each school), students develop an idea to get teenagers from different backgrounds and areas of our city together authentically to have a discourse on problems facing their community. Our focus for the past two years has been the segregation of Columbus. They present their ideas to a panel of community leaders in May. |
Our Goals
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- Amelia Gordon and Derek Burtch, co-founders of Erase the Space