Deerfield HS Students 'Jam for Justice'

Students in the Human Rights Club at Deerfield High School will host an event Friday highlighting the issue of education inequality in the United States and abroad.

The "Jam for Justice: a Music and Human Rights Festival," will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, in the school’s courtyard.

The main attraction is student bands that will perform during lunch hours.  Between acts, guest speakers will highlight the message that education is a human right and will share ways in which education inequities in the Chicago area and abroad can be addressed. 

Fund-raising at the event will benefit various initiatives of Supplies for Dreams in the CPS schools:

• $10 helps fund a backpack filled with supplies for one student.
• $50 supplies materials for a 10-week mentoring program for a student.
• $400 funds a field trip.
• $500 helps fund supplies for an entire grade within a school.
• $5000 funds an entire school’s supplies for the year.

Attendees can also purchase Trax pizza, popcorn, DQ Blizzards, lemonade or Fair Trade products or bid on one of many items in a silent auction:

• Whole Foods Market Fair Trade Gift Basket, valued at $50.
• California Pizza Kitchen Gift Basket and/or gift cards.
• White Sox player autographed photo.
• Ghanaian Messenger Bag from Artisans of Ghana.
• The Spa O signature manicure.
• Gift cards from Campus Colors, Lou Malnati’s, Starbucks, AMC Theaters.
• Fair Trade mug, donated by North Suburban Fair Trade Association.

Human Rights Club (HRC) began at DHS in response to the atrocities in Darfur in 2006. Now in their seventh year, HRC continues to raise awareness of various human rights issues.

This event will benefit LINK Community Development, which provides funds for schools in Ghana and other places, and Supplies for Dreams, which uses private donations to provide individual students in CPS with funds they need for school supplies and other basic needs.

Read about last year's benefit:

Deerfield Students Jam for Justice