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Toolkit for "Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff"
Support and affirm your immigrant students with these resources.
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Rock the Vote
The organization clearly has great brand recognition, but what does it really mean to “Rock the Vote”?
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Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln delivered this famous speech at the dedication of the National Cemetary in Gettysburg, the burial site of Union Soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.
July 10, 2017
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What’s a Sanctuary City Anyway?
The news has been abuzz with the term sanctuary city since President Trump issued an executive order on the matter. Attorney Naomi Tsu, who directs the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project, explains exactly what sanctuary cities are.
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The School Year That Changed a Nation
The Little Rock Nine: An Interview with Minnijean Brown Trickey
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Professional Development
Help students recognize the value of a diverse democracy in their classrooms, schools and communities. These PD resources include best practices and strategies for building community, tailoring instruction, and engaging
August 17, 2020
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Connecting Past and Present With Primary Sources
When two American Studies teachers combined their classes to discuss school integration, they fostered a depth of learning they never anticipated.
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Northwest Community Organization pamphlet, 12th Street Detroit
In response to the 1967 Detroit Race Riots (which took place during the “Long, hot summer of 1967”) the Northwest Community Organization worked to address some of the underlying issues that persisted in urban areas, like residential segregation.
July 18, 2022
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Manzanar, 1942
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, over 110,000 Japanese Americans, mostly U.S. citizens, were incarcerated in “War Relocation Camps.” These photographs were taken at Manzanar, one of the ten Japanese internment camps, in 1942.
September 3, 2015
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Confronting Ableism on the Way to Justice
To build a society that advances the human rights of all people requires the social justice movement to be intentional in including intersecting identities and diverse equity struggles.