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September 27, 2019

What We’re Reading This Week: September 27, 2019

A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.

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August 21, 2019

Talk About Mental Illness Year-round—Not Just After a Mass Shooting

African-American student raising their hand in class, seen from behind.

The days and weeks following a national tragedy shouldn’t be the only times we talk about mental health with students.

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Not Just a Joke: Understanding & Preventing Gender- & Sexuality-Based Bigotry

This report helps readers identify warning signs that a young person has become susceptible to hateful, male-supremacist ideologies, best practices for responding, and ways to build resilience against manipulation.

December 18, 2024

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June Christian

Dr. June Cara Christian brings more than15 years of education experience to her role as a teaching and learning specialist for Teaching Tolerance. She has taught secondary, undergraduate and graduate students, and is an expert in critical pedagogies. Christian holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in English literature (from Washington University and Tennessee State, respectively), an M.Ed. with an emphasis in American culture from Washington University, and a Ph.D. in education leadership and policy from University of Missouri—St. Louis. Christian has trained educators across the United States and in

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June 18, 2019

Hate at School: May 2019

Female student with her knees pulled up, looking pensive.

Racist yearbook photos and “promposals” gone wrong are among this month’s hate incidents that marked the end of the school year.

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January 29, 2020

Black History Month: Teaching the Complete History

Illustration featuring the likenesses of Bayard Rustin, Angela Davis, Sojourner Truth, Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, Frederick Douglass and silhouettes of protesters and activists.

Go beyond trauma and struggle to examine the liberation, civic engagement, creativity and intersecting identities of Black people during Black History Month.

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Rights & Activism

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An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America

Henry Highland Garnet was an African-American abolitionist, minister, educator and newspaper editor. Garnet delivered “An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America” at the National Negro Convention in Buffalo, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1843.

Henry Highland Garnet

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9-12

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Religion Rights & Activism

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History

July 2, 2014

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Issue 25, Spring 2004