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Teaching kids the truth in a TikTok world hail from Merrick, Bellmore, East Meadow, Wantagh, Seaford, Freeport, Baldwin and In a news climate dominated other neighboring towns. by social media, an overwhelm“Our education committee is ing number of news sources committed to ensuring that and artificial intelligence, it Long Island public schools can be challenging teach strong civics for anyone — espeand critical thinkcially today’s youth ing skills,” Claudia — to decipher fact Borecky, the allifrom fiction. ance’s president, The South Shore shared about the Women’s Alliance, a group’s motivation nonpartisan organito host Schneider. zation that advo“With so many kids cates for issues getting their news impor tant to not from 10-second Tikonly women, but Tok clips and a convoters in general, stant stream of welcomed Howard i n fo r m at i o n a n d Schneider, founder misinfor mation, of the Center for HowARD they’re more vulNews Literacy at ScHNEIDER nerable than ever to Stony Brook Uni- Founder, conspiracy theories versity, to its May 28 Center for News and early radicalmeeting at the Mer- Literacy ization. Our goal is rick Golf Course. s i m p l e : t o m a ke Stony Brook S c h n e i d e r University sure our schools of fered attendees teach students how tips and tricks to to analyze the news better navigate today’s media they consume.” climate. But perhaps more Schneider, a journalist who importantly, he talked about worked at Newsday for 35 years initiatives he has spearheaded and a founding dean of Stony to teach students how to be Brook’s journalism school, creactive and thoughtful consum- ated a news literacy program ers of news. when he started working with Women’s alliance members Continued on page 16
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program founder alan Hodish, left, outgoing nassau County Bar association president James Joseph, Hempstead town Clerk Kate Murray and past association president dorian glover celebrated another year of successful student mentorship.
Mentorship program wraps up with annual luncheon By JoSEPH D’AlESSANDRo jdalessandro@liherald.com
In schools across Nassau County, many young people are experiencing difficult times without a clear path to work through their emotions. Depending on a students’ needs and circumstances, school counselors may offer a unique solution of time with a trustworthy adult where the student decides how to fill that time. The Alan B. Hodish Mentorship Program celebrated the completion of its 29th year on May 21, hosted by the Nassau County Bar Association in Mineola. Almost two hundred students from nine schools sat with their mentors, shared a meal and expressed their
appreciation for the time shared. “I was a teacher at what is now called Barack Obama in Hempstead, taught there for many years, then I went to law school at St. John’s,” Hodish explained. “That’s when we started this with a principal of mine and a couple of people here from the bar association. We felt it was a good way to give back to youngsters, give them a good role model… it’s a special day for them and a special day for us.” Throughout the mentorship program, students from across Nassau County met biweekly with members of the bar association, who visited their schools. When a mentor is assigned to a student, they are never Continued on page 20
f we don’t prepare the news consumers, the future citizens, journalism won’t survive.