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Broken and Healing: Normalizing Mental Health Issues in Our …

WEBAccording to the National Alliance of Mental Illness, 20 percent of students 13 to 18 years old deal with some kind of mental health issue, and 8 percent experience some kind of …

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

WEBYet, when mass shootings occur, politicians flood airwaves and timelines with a narrative that focuses on mental health. They forget—or choose to ignore—that …

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What Is Social Justice Education

WEBSocial justice education, therefore, provides tools to examine the structural features of oppression and our own socialization within unjust systems. It helps us develop …

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Gender-Affirming Care: What It Is and Why It's Necessary

WEB4. Social care is an important part of gender-affirming care, and before puberty, gender-affirming care is exclusively social. Social affirmation includes allowing a child to dress in …

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Black Minds Matter Learning for Justice

WEBBlack Minds Matter. Interrupting school practices that disregard the mental health of Black youth. McKenzie Adams and Maddie Whitsett should still be here with us today. But …

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Medical Racism: A Legacy of Malpractice Learning for Justice

WEBEpisode 13, Season 4 This nation has a long history of exploiting Black Americans in the name of medicine. A practice which began with the Founding Fathers using individual …

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Confronting Ableism on the Way to Justice Learning for Justice

WEBThe essential need to confront ableism in seeking justice has led the disability community to view our challenges through the lens of “disability justice,” a term coined from …

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When Schools Cause Trauma Learning for Justice

WEBIllustration by Matt Saunders. Increasingly, we are seeing pushes for trauma-sensitive and trauma-informed schools. We know that traumatic stress can have long-term health …

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teachin g tolerance

WEBteachin g tolerance a project of the southern poverty law center www.tolerance.org middle & upper grades activity k 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Health for All?

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The Women’s March: Protest and Resistance Learning for Justice

WEBThe 2017 Women’s March made a powerful statement for women’s rights and resistance to divisive rhetoric. The movement’s greater impact is its energizing of activists, especially …

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Beauty is Skin Deep Learning for Justice

WEBVocabulary. bias [ by-uhs ] (noun) a particular tendency, inclination, feeling, or opinion, that is preconceived; prejudice or unreasonably hostile feelings or opinions about a social …

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Freedom Schools for Today’s Justice Movement

WEBAccording to COFO’s Freedom School data, 41 Freedom Schools operated in 20 communities across Mississippi in July of 1964, enrolling 2,135 students. Church …

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Food Deserts: Causes, Consequences and Solutions

WEBIncreases 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 …

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Latino Civil Rights Timeline, 1903 to 2006 Learning for Justice

WEBLatino Civil Rights Timeline, 1903 to 2006. This timeline is used with "Understanding the History of Latino Civil Rights" and "Exploring the History of Latino Civil Rights" lessons. …

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Supporting Students Who Are Often Absent Learning for Justice

WEBWork with other educators and staff to support students who are absent, as well as their families. Build off of each other’s strengths and create a plan of action for …

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A Call for Anti-Bias Education Learning for Justice

WEBIllustrations by Eleanor Davis. Add to a Learning Plan. Anti-bias education is crucial for children of all ages. Identity-based biases lead to everyday forms of peer-to-peer harm. …

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Equity, Period. Learning for Justice

WEBA History. Lack of menstrual equity is most often thought of as an issue in the Global South, where women may have limited access to menstrual products, be isolated and shamed, …

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The Power of Place: Art as a Tool for Social Justice

WEBThe Power of Place: Art as a Tool for Social Justice. Alabama artists are depicting honest history and challenging historical invisibility—reshaping public narratives of justice in …

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