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Advocating for Undocumented Youth

With conditions at detention centers and plans for more ICE raids in the news, it’s easy to feel hopeless. But, as educators, you have more power than you may realize. These resources outline practical steps you can take today to interrupt the school-to-deportation pipeline and support undocumented students and their families.

  • The School-to-Deportation Pipeline
  • Toolkit for "The School-to-Deportation Pipeline"
  • Toolkit for "This Is Not a Drill"
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Affirming Transgender Students With Their Rights Under Attack

The Trump administration reportedly plans to revise Title IX to define sex as "either male or female, unchangeable, and determined by the genitals that a person is born with." This means the rights of transgender, nonbinary and intersex students are once again under attack. Your students need you today; here's how you can help.

  • Policymakers and Lawmakers Want To Erase Trans Identities; Don’t Erase Them in Your School
  • Trans Rights and Bathroom Access Laws: A History Explained
  • Sex? Sexual Orientation? Gender Identity? Gender Expression?
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Food Deserts: Causes, Consequences and Solutions

Increases in obesity and diet-related diseases are major health problems in the United States. During the last 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in the nation’s obesity rates, correlating with increased rates of cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer, Type 2 diabetes, increased health-care costs, reduced quality of life and increased risk for premature death.
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October 17, 2011
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Getting More Black Men into the Classroom

Walter Sherrill made chemistry cool. He was the sort of refined man who seemed to glide across a room. His voice never rose above a quiet tone, and he wore a mostly stern expression on a peaceful countenance as he explained scientific equations. I cherished the rare times he smiled—or on occasion—chuckled at the ludicrous conclusions of his high school students.