Diane Burns with students from Parker Community Academy.
CRFC uses many outside resource people including judges, police officers and business persons in VOICE classrooms and on field experiences. Outside resource people are crucial to the success of VOICE. Their input goes beyond knowledge sharing, they serve as positive adult role models and expose students to new ideas and opportunities.
VOICE also teams attorney volunteers with teachers in Chicago, Oak Park and District U-46 who work together in the classroom. Attorneys participate in lessons that link the study of the Constitution to issues that relate to students' daily lives and improve their critical thinking skills.