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Teaching and Affirming LGBTQ Youth after the ‘Bostock’ Decision
This summer’s landmark Supreme Court case made it illegal to fire someone based on their gender or sexuality. But ‘Bostock’ is a baseline, not a ceiling.
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The Learning Center and Civics for Democracy
Introducing LFJ’s Learning Center, our new online popular education space for everyone (adults, youth and children), offering learning for civic and political action. The Learning Center continues our Community Justice Sites programming in our Southern states and extends our resources to a national audience. This new landing page and menu provides links to our new learning resources and series.
- Our Votes Matter: Action Steps in Planning to Vote
- Civics for Democracy
- The Learning Center
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An Open Letter to Ann Coulter
Following a presidential debate in 2012, Ann Coulter referred to President Barack Obama as a "retard" in one of her tweets. Stephens, a 30-year-old man with Down syndrome wrote this open letter to Coulter in response to her hurtful and uninformed comments.
July 5, 2014
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Eyes on the Prize
Teaching Tolerance interim director Jennifer Holladay wants TT to serve you better.
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Uncivil Civics: How Are You Teaching the 2016 Election?
I literally don’t know how I would handle the 2016 election if I were teaching today.
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Analyzing the School Holiday Calendar
These activities ask students to engage with the question of what an equitable school calendar looks like and how to make their own school calendar more inclusive.
May 1, 2017
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Supporting Children of Immigrant Families
Millions of young people in the United States are children of immigrant families. And many immigrant children are feeling high levels of fear and anxiety right now due to the current anti-immigrant political environment. All students in the U.S. have a right to public education, “regardless of a child’s or guardian’s citizenship, immigration status, or English language proficiency. These rights were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in its landmark 1982 decision in Plyler v.
- Supporting Students from Immigrant Families
- Understanding and Responding to Trauma
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A Girl and a Word
Laura Linn's article explores how Rosa Marcellino, a nine-year old with Down syndrome, and her family worked to eliminate the phrase "mentally retarded" from official use. "Rosa's Law" is living, legislative proof that their hard work paid off.
July 2, 2014
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Student Voices Are Clear. Listen.
Our schools are critical tools for helping newly arrived immigrant students adjust to their new homes. What’s the best way to know how to help? Listen.
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Caged Bird
Through an extended metaphor, Maya Angelou—who has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States—uses a caged bird and a free bird to juxtapose the oppressed and the free.
July 5, 2014