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Rick Mula

Rick Mula is an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center. The aim of Rick’s fellowship project is to reduce the discrimination that LGBT youth living in Tennessee and Alabama experience in the education, child welfare and juvenile justice systems. His fellowship is sponsored by the Mansfield Family Foundation. Rick graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2015 where he received a graduate certificate in gender, sexuality and women’s studies. Rick was also awarded the Dean Jefferson B. Fordham Human Rights Award and the Blank Rome Alvin Ackerman
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Shifting Gender, Securing Acceptance

Securing Acceptance
“Nineteen-year-old Israel Moncado spent his childhood being shuffled from one foster care setting to the next. After years of untreated gender dysphoria, and the bouts of self-harm and social isolation that often result from stigma, Israel visits his first LGBT center and discovers he’s not alone. When he finds a safe space in a transgender community, Israel begins to embrace his identity.”
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Grade Level
3-5
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Gender & Sexual Identity
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History
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Identity Diversity Justice Action
June 18, 2019
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