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Issue 50, Summer 2015

Online Exclusive Video Feature: Youth United!

As these young activists prove, it's never too early to change the world.

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Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Issue 50, Summer 2015

B.B. King

Download and post this inspiring quote in your classroom.

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Issue 50, Summer 2015

Race ≠ DNA

An illustration of three hands, all different colors, holding up a plant

If race is a social construct, what’s up with DNA ancestry testing?

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Issue 50, Summer 2015

Name Changers

Illustration of students around a Confederate monument

The names of Confederate and segregationist leaders label the landscape of the South. What are the consequences when these names belong to schools?

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May 11, 2015

Common Ground

Research tells us that children’s engagement with natural environments offers a host of benefits. Schools can capitalize on this knowledge.

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May 7, 2015

Finding Meaning in Class

What if students created academic experiences that fit their values?

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Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Giovanni Blair McKenzie is a nationally acclaimed and award-winning advocate, speaker and writer. Giovanni is the founder of the Queer Intersections Force, a youth ambassador for the Human Rights Campaign and an advocate for the #intersectionality movement, while being a proud gender-fluid immigrant from the West Indies.

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May 6, 2015

Seeing ALL Identities of LGBTQ Youth of Color

A boy, his face covered by his hair and hand, is pictured outside in snowy weather

Giovanni Blair McKenzie gave this speech about supporting LGBTQ youth of color and “interlocking forms of discrimination” at the 2015 Human Rights Campaign’s Time to THRIVE conference.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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May 5, 2015

Pathways to Success

Every student teaches you something, and this educator will never forget the powerful lesson one student taught him about the diverse ways students can show their learning.

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May 4, 2015

Making “A Place in the Middle” in Every Classroom

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Hamer shares how his documentary A Place in the Middle, co-directed with Joe Wilson, can help students see the value of inclusion, the power of cultural heritage and their ability to create a more positive school climate.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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