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Our Work Is Unfinished
After Election Day, this educator remains committed to making room for hope and action in his classroom.
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My Voice, My Voter’s Guide
Estimated time Two to three weeks Why? One of the ways young students become invested in the democratic process is by become empowered advocates for civic participation in their local communities. When younger students
August 30, 2018
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In Plain Sight: Special Education Outcomes and Challenges in Mississippi
[2024] This report provides an in-depth assessment of the challenges and inequities in the special education system and how they adversely affect the educational rights of disabled children in Mississippi.
October 18, 2024
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Speaking Up Without Tearing Down

A veteran human rights educator explains the value of teaching students to call each other in rather than out.
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A Teacher’s Plea to America

One teacher reflects on what it means for students to go to school every day after Columbine, Sandy Hook, Parkland and Santa Fe.
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Power To The Pupils

Anyone who laments that American young people are apathetic, uninvolved or not sufficiently outraged clearly isn't up on the news.
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The Women’s March: Protest and Resistance

The 2017 Women’s March made a powerful statement for women’s rights and resistance to divisive rhetoric. The movement’s greater impact is its energizing of activists, especially young women, in the United States and around the world.
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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