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Contemplate This!
Contemplation guides educators to action. Active educators lead students to compassion.
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Food Deserts: Causes, Consequences and Solutions
Increases in obesity and diet-related diseases are major health problems in the United States. During the last 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in the nation’s obesity rates, correlating with increased rates of cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer, Type 2 diabetes, increased health-care costs, reduced quality of life and increased risk for premature death.
October 17, 2011
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Hate at School: October 2018
We’re more than a year into tracking hate at school, and things aren’t getting better.
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Foundations Courses
The credential program at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) has developed a tradition of prioritizing social justice. While TT materials have long been a staple of the program’s teacher education courses, in
October 23, 2018
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Whole-of-Community Resilience
Helping young people build resilience against manipulative extremist narratives and conspiracy theories requires all adults in a young person’s trusted network to be equipped with the skills and knowledge to intervene.
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We Were Ready
Years of equity work sheltered Charlottesville's students when hate came to their town.
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Digging Deep Into the Social Justice Standards: Action
In this conclusion to a four-part series exploring the four domains of LFJ’s Social Justice Standards, we take a deep dive into action.
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(In)Visible Identity
Sikhs have been in the United States for more than 125 years, but our collective lack of knowledge about this religious group is leaving Sikh students vulnerable.
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Looking at Race and Racial Identity in Children’s Books
This lesson, the second in a series, encourages students to think and talk openly about the concept of beauty, particularly as it overlaps with issues of race and racial identity.
September 9, 2011
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International Bill of Gender Rights
This proclamation, although written from the gender perspective, details ten human and civil rights that should be afforded to all human beings.
November 3, 2015