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Community Spotlight Cards

Students create “trading cards” spotlighting diverse community members who work toward social justice goals that connect to themes from the central text.
Grade Level
K-2
July 13, 2014
the moment

Nobody's Free Until Everybody's Free

“There’re things will make you angry, will make you very mad, but those are the truths of our history. But there's nothing for not loving America because most of us would not want to live in any place else. And I lived in a lot of places in this world, and ain't no place like home, as they say. No place like home.”
—Charles Person, 1961 Freedom Rider

  • Fannie Lou Hamer
  • Charles Person: Freedom Rider Encourages Others To Get On Board
  • Reflections on a Dream Deferred
the moment

Becoming a Village to Nurture Children

Nurturing children requires a community’s efforts to come together, as reflected in the proverb “It takes a village to raise a child.” Our nation’s children deserve love, not just in words but in our actions. These new Learning for Justice magazine articles offer models for parents, caregivers, educators and community members to nurture children’s growth, learning and well-being. And they remind and encourage us that: “[We] are better together and more effective when we work together rather than in isolation.

  • Loving and Nurturing Young People
  • Becoming a Village
  • The Heart of Facilitation in Restorative Justice
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Silver Candlesticks

After serving a 19-year sentence, Jean Valjean ends up on the Lord Bishop's doorstep, where he is offered a warm meal and bed to sleep in. Although he steals from the bishop, in the end, he earns redemption and a second chance thanks to the bishop's wise and caring ways.
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Victor Hugo
Grade Level
6-8
Topic
Religion Class
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice Action
July 31, 2018