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Staff Report A stage musical about the impact of a voting rights march in Alabama is being offered to family audiences in Sarasota and Manatee counties free of charge through Sunday by the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and the Van Wezel Foundation. “Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom” is adapted from the memoir of Lynda Blackmon Lowery, who was the youngest person to walk all the way from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, on the Voting Rights March in 1965. The production, adapted for the stage by actress Ally Sheedy, is filled with traditional and original gospel and freedom songs that help tell Lowery s story. ....
/ Over the past few decades, experiences and backgrounds of students have changed. Classrooms now reflect families of varying cultures. Educators say that engaging students in lessons that incorporate their own culture is one way to improve educational outcomes for students of color. Over the past few decades, classroom demographics have changed, with students coming from varying races, cultures and socioeconomic statuses. Educators in four counties including Sarasota and Manatee are now working with hip-hop artist and Kennedy Center fellow Olmeca to develop lessons that include different cultural references in all aspects of learning. “Teachers have been responding well,” said Kelli Maldonado, the hall s education director. “I’ve also had teachers say I’ve been teaching for years, and this is changing my outlook for how I connect with my students and their families.” ....