Educators across the country are taking action when ICE raids happen in their communities. Here’s how you can stand with undocumented students and families—whether or not you live in a vulnerable community.
The recent rash of viral stories featuring white people who call the cops on law-abiding black people is an iteration of implicit bias that happens in schools every day. It’s time for educators to self-reflect.
Educators and other adults can help students develop their leadership skills in a variety of ways, from preparing students for formal leadership positions to supporting student-driven actions for social justice.
Tina Vasquez is a journalist with more than 10 years of experience reporting on immigration, reproductive injustice, gender, labor and culture. She is currently a senior reporter at Prism, where she covers gender justice and workers’ rights. Previously, she was a senior reporter covering immigration at Rewire.News, the leading online publication devoted to evidence-based reporting on reproductive and sexual health, rights and justice. Vasquez’s work has appeared in the New York Review of Books, NPR, The Nation, Playboy and a variety of other publications. She currently serves on the board of
Based in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain States, Western States Center works nationwide to strengthen inclusive democracy so all people can live, love, worship and work free from fear. We strengthen the organizing capacity of often-marginalized communities, with a particular emphasis on gender justice, racial justice and tribal sovereignty work. We provide training, leadership development and organizational capacity support to social movements and leaders committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We convene culture-makers to shift the narrative and use culture as a vehicle for base- and
Our friends at Gender Spectrum are announcing a new resource to ensure your teaching of puberty and health education is accurate and inclusive of all students.
Sam Blanchard's teaching career began at a public elementary school in Portland, Oregon. Sam received a master’s in teaching elementary education from Brown University. Currently, Sam is a Ph.D. student in urban schooling at the University of California, Los Angeles. Sam is passionate about restorative school practices and identity-affirming curriculum, classrooms, and school environments.
In this lesson, students will explore the concept of “going viral” and how advertisers use social media to promote their products and identify potential customers.
Laura is a 22-year veteran public school teacher in a large suburban school north of Syracuse, New York. Brown runs a Medium publication called " Teaching in Trump's America" that features her own work and other educators' posts.