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Ms. Mercurio from San Francisco CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Bring Black Panther to a Juvenile Jail

My students need black panther figurines and action figures to enhance the learning environment.

  • $199 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are incarcerated in a juvenile jail 24 hours a day where they live in tiny cells. Many of my students come from poverty and have experienced trauma or community violence of some kind. Students have struggled with education and often come to the institution having dropped out of school. Up to fifty percent of our population is classified as Special Education and require services for disabilities.

Despite their often challenging circumstances, my students are resilient, brilliant youth who are working hard to transform their lives.

I am lucky enough to be their English teacher and want to give them opportunities to master tools that will help them to empower and rehabilitate themselves.

My Project

My students are predominantly students of color who have grown up in poverty. Ryan Coogler, the director of the film Black Panther, formerly worked at our institution and is now a local hero for my students. In this film they see themselves in the characters, and the message that it provides is one of hope and empowerment.

My students need to be reminded that there are powerful representations of themselves in mainstream media.

I am requesting a mask, some action figures, and other products from the film to enhance our classroom environment and help the students remember that they too can be superheroes both on and off the screen. Please help me create a culturally responsive classroom environment for my students.

Ms. Mercurio
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Marvel Black Panther Rhino Guard Vehicle with Charging horn action | Compatible with 6 inch action figures • Amazon Business $38.90 1 $38.90
Marvel Black Panther Titan Hero Series 12-inch Black Panther • Amazon Business $17.90 2 $35.80
Black Panther Figure Set • Shop Disney $14.95 1 $14.95
Marvel Black Panther Vibranium Power FX Mask • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Funko Pop Marvel: Black Panther Shuri Collectible Figure • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$119.63

Vendor shipping charges

$5.95

Sales tax

$10.95

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$168.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.70

Total project goal

$198.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$198.02

3 Donors

-$130.00

Donations toward project cost

-$110.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.50

match offer

-$68.02

Match offer toward project cost

-$57.82

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.20

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$0.00

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