Mendoza has been trying to implement a Turning Point USA chapter at the school for the last year and said it was denied due to “false information.” The organization, known for advocating for conservative values on high school and college campuses across the country, has received backlash for promoting white nationalist ideals.Ĭonversely, Sheri Zierdt, a Chinese American parent from Western Springs, stressed the importance of continuing the district’s equity work, citing her own experience being on the receiving end of derogatory racial comments while growing up.Jennifer Rowe (center), the director of equity and belonging for Lyons Township High School, stands for a photo outside the North Campus in La Grange with junior Noor Hassan (left) and senior Ali Guerrero on Aug. “Equity and belonging means for all, not just students of color - it’s all students.” “One year since we hired an equity director, we have seen more division, more hate - we saw it in the viral video of a student that was attacked brutally because of the color of her skin,” Mendoza added. Leslie Mendoza, a senior at LTHS, chimed in, saying, “people used to get along - there was no color, no such thing as equity and belonging.” Towne said her two older children graduated from LTHS during a time where, “nobody talked about what color skin they had.” “Many of us think is not an effective program and despite the fact that you may think it is, there are a lot of us that don’t and we saw what happened in the viral video that went all over social media when that attack occurred in the school halls,” said Janelle Towne, Western Springs chapter chair for nonprofit, Awake Illinois.
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