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Issue 5, Fall 2023

Parents and Caregivers for Inclusive Education

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Responsible parent and caregiver groups are focusing on children’s right to inclusive and equitable education—in direct opposition to politically motivated “parents’ rights” groups with discriminatory agendas that harm young people.

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Voting and Voices: Engaging Students and Families in Democracy

Join Rock the Vote and Learning for Justice for a webinar on how you can engage your students and school community in our diverse democracy.

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Rights & Activism

September 11, 2018

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Inspiring Hope and Countering Hate

Our nation deserves leaders who respect the rights and dignity of all people and who are committed to the values of our democracy. We must, therefore, unite to reject hate and bigotry and to make responsible choices.

Protect LGBTQ+ Progress Toward Equality
Inspiring Hope: A Conversation With Maud Dahme
History and the Power of Place

October 29, 2024

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Si Se Puede

“In response to legislation that would have criminalized immigrants, thousands of high school students from across the country walked out of their classrooms and into history.”

Learning for Justice Staff

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6-8 9-12

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Class

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Civics

History

August 9, 2017

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August 23, 2021

What Critical Race Theory Is and What it Means for Teachers

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Education law and policy expert Bob Kim answers some key questions for educators about these so-called “anti-critical race theory” laws and what’s really going on.

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October 27, 2020

Teach This: Voter Suppression and Literacy Tests

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Use this excerpt from ‘One Person, No Vote: How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally’ to lead a conversation with students about the history of voter suppression in the United States before the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Rights & Activism

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July 6, 2021

Students Say Teach the Truth

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An LFJ award winner centers her students’ perspectives in the current conversation about racism, social justice education and the need for an inclusive national narrative.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Introducing LFJ’s Community Justice Sites

LFJ is piloting our Community Justice Sites programming at the SPLC’s Road to 60 Summit in Mississippi. Our Community Justice Sites are Freedom Schools and Citizenship Schools for everyone. When we “learn for justice,” we center learning to inform our action for liberation and justice in our communities.

Freedom Summer and Today’s Election Process
Introduction to Action Planning: Toolkit
Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement

August 13, 2024

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Resisting Hate in Education

This series offers strategies for prevention, intervention and response to hate and bias in education and communities.

November 13, 2024

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The Kidnapping Case: Narrative of the Seizure and Recovery of Solomon Northrup

This is an 1853 newspaper account of Solomon Northup’s experiences and the trials of those involved in his kidnapping and enslavement.

New York Times

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6-8 9-12

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Slavery

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Civics

History

December 15, 2017

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