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Issue 50, Summer 2015

Making Space

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Affinity groups offer a platform for voices often relegated to the margins.

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May 13, 2015

How Samuel Morton Got it Wrong

Most natural scientists of the 19th century held the belief that human beings were not only members of different races but of different species (also known as the theory of polygeny). This school of thought relied on the

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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

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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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Giovanni Blair McKenzie

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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