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The Activist Award Essay
To close an English unit on social activism, this teacher had her students reflect by recognizing and writing about the activist potential in their classmates.
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Gloria and Rosa Make Beautiful Music
Two friends who attend different schools in the same community learn that one of their schools has no instruments for their music program, while the other has multiple different kinds. They use their friendship and musical abilities to confront this inequity and try to bring about change.
May 19, 2017
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Ask, Investigate and Advocate
Nefertari Yancie, Ph.D., credits her family’s commitment to asking courageous questions, seeking answers and taking action as the impetus for her career in the classroom.
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Everyone’s a Helper
This lesson helps students understand the concepts of strengths, struggles and what it means to help.
July 10, 2017
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A Flaw in the Foundation
If we’re serious about dismantling white supremacy in schools, teacher preparation programs are an obvious place to start.
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A Message From Our Director
At the end of July, a group of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School came through Montgomery on a regional March for Our Lives tour. Before they left Florida, they had visited every congressional district to
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Part II: Spotlights
This section of the guide describes three different social justice reading groups. These groups will give you a sense of the different structures and approaches families and communities are using to read and talk about
October 16, 2019
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Leading Conversations After Crisis
Our advisory board shared ideas for starting discussions the day after the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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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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What Is the “Alt-Right”?
White nationalism has come out of the basement and entered the mainstream. Would you recognize it if it came to your classroom?