When discussing this year’s theme of Rebel Health for the Shepard Symposium, the conversation among Central High School’s GSA students was a little tentative and uneasy. Maybe our caution came from inexperience with health concerns. Maybe our caution came from the uncertainty of future health concerns. Maybe our caution came from the very personal, sensitive, and often stigmatized situations we have faced or could potentially face regarding our health. No matter the explanation, Central’s GSA felt very strongly about making this year’s presentation safe for the presenters and the audience. The students of the Central High School’s GSA have unique and diverse experiences and anticipations regarding their rebel health. To tell these stories and to protect one another, the members of the GSA will be sharing an anonymous telling of their rebel health narrative. Collaboratively selected excerpts of the stories woven together as a collection of experiences, frustrations, celebrations, hopes, and fears that represent the rebel health of Central’s GSA will be presented in video form at the 21st Annual Shepard Symposium on Social Justice.
