The Boca Ciega High School Human Rights Project Anthology, 2017

© by Community Leveraged Learning (2017) This project was incredible. I wrote a Human Rights curriculum and combined this with the effective writing curriculum I produced for CLL (Community Leveraged Learning), my educational nonprofit. Dr. AnnMarie Gunn at USFSP served as an advisor on the project and hooked me up with a ninth-grade teacher, Nicole… Read More

The Use of Myth in the Systematic Stratification of a Nation

If we are to understand how language plays a role in the stratification of the American human group, it is imperative that we look at several other aspects of American society and most especially that which relates to education. Read More

Homeless in St. Pete & Tampa, June 2018

This film was shot over the course of Summer 2018. We had some challenges working in the field and finding people in the industry who would talk to us about the issue. The last week of shooting, we were referred to the officer and deputy who work directly with homeless individuals from all circumstances. Their… Read More

Geography of Self

Geography of Self ©by Trace Taylor (2015) I came from dirty mixed blood. I’ve been hungry my whole life. All I ever knew was hard. Then I met Cara… I waited at noon for the lunch bell. She’d come from across the field where I waited by the wild honeysuckle that hung from a cypress… Read More

The Experience (2018)

© by Trace Taylor (2018) I did two years of equipment research and field project applications in order to incorporate 360 into my immersive experience curricula. There is no excuse for a large majority of youth to lack this kind of experience and knowledge. It’s 2019. This and other in depth exposure makes the difference… Read More

Theory and Practice of an Access Pedagogy

© Trace Taylor (2018) In order to shift power from Oppressors to the Oppressed, a pedagogy “must question the status quo in the name of social justice” (Freire 1970). Such a pedagogy would need to be a situated pedagogy open to (the) diversity that provides “…a rich lexicon of practice and dialogue” (Freire 1970), adaptable… Read More