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Dr. Kiara Lee-Heart

Dr. Kiara Lee-Heart is a native of Richmond, Virginia. She holds a B.A. in sociology with a minor in Latin American and Iberian Studies from the University of Richmond and a master’s degree in education from the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education. She earned her Ph.D. in education at Virginia Commonwealth University and her dissertation research focused on colorism and the lived experiences of dark-skinned Black college students. She teaches first-year students writing and critical thinking skills in the Department of Focused Inquiry at Virginia Commonwealth University. Kiara
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Issue 46, Spring 2014

Toolkit for In Good Faith

This toolkit provides a lesson plan that expands students’ knowledge and understanding of the religious diversity (or lack thereof) in their city, county or state. The lesson ends with an activity around the role of interfaith coalitions in increasing religious understanding.
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Section III: Instruction

Integrating Queer Voices into the Curriculum It may seem like a minor adjustment for a teacher to mention a queer figure in history or analyze a queer character in a work of literature. But affirming an LGBTQ student’s
October 29, 2018
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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

McIntosh's article details the ways in which white people—male and female—are given unacknowledged advantages. She focuses on situations in which skin-color is the dominant priveleging factor (over class, religion, ethnic status, or geographic location) but acknowledges that many of these attributes are interconnected.
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Peggy McIntosh
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9-12
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Class Rights & Activism
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Civics
Economics
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Identity Diversity Justice Action
July 5, 2014