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May 20, 2022

To Counter Racist Violence, Teach Honest History

A teenager honors those who lost their lives in the Buffalo attack by writing their names in chalk on the street in front of a sidewalk memorial.

The recent Buffalo shooting is the latest iteration of this nation’s history of anti-Black terrorism.

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Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

May 9, 2022

The End-of-Year Mental Health Check

Two young people wearing bracelets are holding hands against a wooden blue background.

As the academic year winds down, mental health professionals remind us to connect with young people and embrace community care.

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Race & Ethnicity Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

April 14, 2022

A Supremely Historic Moment

As the first Black woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, there are lessons we can all learn about intersectionality, representation and our essential role in eliminating obstacles for young people.

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Race & Ethnicity Gender & Sexual Identity

March 10, 2020

‘Selma Online’: Young People Impact the Vote

Photograph of protesters in Selma, Alabama, in the 1960s.

Use ‘Selma Online’ to help students build decision-making, leadership, activism and civic engagement skills at their own pace.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

January 29, 2020

Black History Month: Teaching the Complete History

Illustration featuring the likenesses of Bayard Rustin, Angela Davis, Sojourner Truth, Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, Frederick Douglass and silhouettes of protesters and activists.

Go beyond trauma and struggle to examine the liberation, civic engagement, creativity and intersecting identities of Black people during Black History Month.

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Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

January 13, 2020

Teaching About King’s Radical Approach to Social Justice

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Bettmann/Getty Images

While Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work is often sugarcoated, it’s important to teach that King championed economic justice and taught Black self-love while also pushing back against neutrality, imperialism and systemic racism.

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Race & Ethnicity Class Rights & Activism

March 22, 2019

Land of Freedom: Civil Rights Movement in East Alabama

Several older students in discussion with each other, gathered around two tables with open books on them.

In this high-school, classroom-level grant, students researched the history of the fight for civil rights in their region and shared their findings with their community.

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Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

October 31, 2018

“I See New York City as a Classroom”

Grantee spotlight with Abby MacPhail in New York City.

TT Educator Grants support social justice work at the classroom, school and district levels. School Programs Coordinator Jey Ehrenhalt spoke with Abby MacPhail about her project training students to become photojournalists of housing injustice in New York City.

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Race & Ethnicity Class Rights & Activism

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