TIPS for Teens

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UHeights is excited to bring you a wonderful new program for teens, with which we hope to create a space for them to connect with themselves as well as each other.

Our facilitator for this program, TIPS for Teens is Anika Tara Rao. Anika will be starting 10th grade this Fall. She enjoys singing, dancing, cooking and hanging out with friends. Anika was inspired by her mom Dr. Anu Taranath to create safe spaces for talking about sometimes uncomfortable topics. She loves leadership and is very excited and thankful to be able to connect with you all!

TIPS is a book written by Dr. Anu's UW students during their study abroad program in India, encouraging us to see ourselves and our surroundings anew via thought-provoking letters to Things, Ideas, People and Self (TIPS).

Each week, Anika will introduce you to new guest speakers, who will share their insights with you and answer any questions you might have. You will spend some time writing letters using the TIPS model, and then share what you've written with the group.

For our meeting on July 28th, we are excited to welcome Amy Hirayama, a public school teacher who teaches Language Arts in Seattle. Amy has been a study abroad assistant to Bangalore, India since 2005. She often uses T.I.P.S. letters to help her students engage deeply with the big ideas they encounter in literature.

Amy will be talking with the group about Social Justice and Education, using TIPS letters (writing to the P in TIPS) to think deeply about the people in their lives who have had an influence on them within that context.

If this is your first time using Zoom, check out this simple YouTube tutorial that walks you through what to expect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9isp3qPeQ0E

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