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500 Pens

500 Pens is a coalition of writers and photographers who believe in the power of stories to help us learn from and better understand one another and to serve as a reminder that there is more that unites us than divides us. Their project began in November 2016 when their founder approached the Southern Poverty Law Center and volunteered to help cover news related to social justice, advocacy and anti-bias programs. Hoping to gather a handful of writers to help, she posted on Facebook. In a few days, more than 500 writers responded. Soon, the project was expanded to include more storytellers and
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Sean Price

Sean is a content strategist and editor in Texas; he is also a former managing editor for Teaching Tolerance. He has written more than 40 non-fiction books, most of them aimed at young adults and teachers. Price served as managing editor at Junior Scholastic magazine, where he collaborated with NBC News on the production of classroom videos.
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Issue 50, Summer 2015

Toolkit for Dressing in Solidarity

On Feb. 10, 2015, three Muslim university students of Arab descent were shot and killed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, leaving an educational community shocked and reeling. Criticisms quickly surfaced in the United States and internationally that many U.S. media organizations did not adequately cover this horrific crime or its aftermath. This toolkit offers a media literacy activity that educators can use to explore these topics with students.
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One School Girl’s Protest of Seventeen Magazine—Now 75,000 Strong

Teenager Julia Bluhm was aware of the kinds of pressures put on adolescent girls to look a certain way. So Julia decided to do something about it by starting an online petition asking Seventeen to include unretouched photos in their magazine.
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Julia Bluhm
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6-8 9-12
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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism
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Civics
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Identity Justice Action
July 7, 2014
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Josh Moon

Josh Moon is an award winning columnist and investigative reporter working in Montgomery. A graduate of Auburn University-Montgomery, Josh has spent the last 15 years covering wide variety of news -- from sports to education to state government -- around the state of Alabama. His work appears regularly in the Alabama Political Reporter and he can be contacted at jmoon476@gmail.com.