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Issue 47, Summer 2014

Toolkit for Julia Moves to the United States

Help students understand Julia’s experience from different perspectives with this interview activity.

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Issue 52, Spring 2016

Supermom Saves the Day

Who says girls can't be superheroes?

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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The Indian Problem Is Getting Worse—Isn't It Great?

In this blog post, Houska emphasizes the enduring spirit of the Native American people and their culture, outlines the group’s past and present obstacles and calls to action young Native Americans to carry on the torch of resilience.

Tara Houska

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6-8

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Civics

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July 29, 2016

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June 20, 2017

Beyond the Privilege Walk

What good is a privilege walk activity if participants aren’t engaging in perspective shifting?

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Baseball, Civil Rights and the Anderson Monarchs Barnstorming Tour

Episode 17, Season 3 In 2015, Coach Steve Bandura loaded the Anderson Monarchs, a Little League baseball team from Philadelphia, onto a 1947 Flxible Clipper Bus for a barnstorming tour back in time. Bandura and the

August 16, 2021

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Community Organizing, Youth Leadership and SNCC

Episode 13, Season 3 In this episode, we talk with movement veteran Courtland Cox about lessons from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and his own development as a young organizer of the Emmett Till

February 22, 2021

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Create Social and Emotional Safety Through Solidarity

In the latest LFJ article, school counseling professor Riley Drake, Ph.D., outlines a model of social and emotional learning and explains “‘feeling safe’ is contextual,” especially for Black and Brown children whose needs are often overlooked in our nation’s classrooms. Relying on community partnerships, promoting mutual aid to foster solidarity and advancing restorative justice are strategies educators and other adults can employ to increase children’s feelings of safety and well-being. These LFJ resources offer more detail.