In this letter, President George Washington reflects on religious persecution and rejoices in prosperity and security for all religious groups. He emphasizes religious diversity as a “natural right,” not something to be merely tolerated.
Anya Malley is an editorial assistant for Learning for Justice. They have studied publishing and women’s and gender studies, and they have editorial experience working with several scholarly and creative journals as well as a small fiction press.
Teaching for Change situates Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for “The Star-Spangled Banner” within a historical tradition of athletes protesting injustice.
In his anonymous protest of a bill that would institute taxation for established religion, James Madison asserts the necessary separation of church and state and the right of every person to practice religion freely.
Educators at mainstream schools can use the three activities in this toolkit to teach their colleagues and students about deaf and hard-of-hearing students.