Advocate for BIPOC Mental Health This Year
It’s essential that educators, students and the entire school community work to reduce stigma associated with mental health issues, especially during Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Mental Health Month. Help interrupt school practices that disregard mental health—particularly for Black youth, who are less likely to receive adequate mental health care. Use these webinars to understand and practice self-care and address challenges students face.
Black Minds Matter
Student Mental Health Matters
The Value of Educator Self-Care
Celebrate Disability Pride Month
Celebrate Disability Pride Month by supporting and advocating for students with disabilities. These resources include real-life examples to model accessible learning environments for all students. Center the perspectives of people with disabilities to build students' understanding of the Americans with Disabilities Act. You can also print and display this beautiful poster with a quote by educator, activist and poet Kay Ulanday Barrett.
Kay Ulanday Barrett
Access for All
Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
Discriminatory Policies at the Summer Olympics
From a policy banning swim caps designed for natural Black hair to a ruling that several Black women can’t compete because of naturally high testosterone levels, some Olympic policies reflect stereotypes and discriminatory dress codes that many Black girls and women face in schools. As you prepare for next school year, these resources can help you assess your school’s dress code, advocate for inclusion and check that you don’t reinforce harmful stereotypes about women and women athletes.
Controlling the Student Body
Loc’d Out: How Thoughtless Dress Codes Can Harm Students From Day One
We Beasts, We Badasses: Lessons From the Olympics
Freedom Summer 1964—and Ongoing Civil Rights Battles
Freedom Summer not only marked the mobilization of civil rights organizers in Mississippi during the 1960s, but it also yielded the creation of Freedom Schools and historic legislation. The fight for civil rights continues today, from voting rights to efforts to keep educators from teaching truthfully about our country’s full history. Use these resources next school year to help students contextualize Freedom Summer and how it connects to movements today.
Young, Gifted and Black: Teaching Freedom Summer to K-5 Students
Freedom Wasn’t Free in ’64—and It Isn’t Free Now
No School Like Freedom School
‘Plyler v. Doe’: All Students Deserve an Education
June 15 marks the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Plyler v. Doe. The court ruled in 1982 that schools could not deny students a public education based on their citizenship status. Use these resources, including SPLC’s new guide and pamphlets for advocating for immigrant students and emerging English speakers, to ensure your school is doing right by students and families.