July 14, 2020

July Is BIPOC Mental Health Month

July is Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Mental Health Month. We know school communities and policies that prioritize mental health literacy can create safer spaces where all young people can thrive—especially BIPOC students, who face disparities in mental health care. We hope you’ll commit to reducing stigma and advocating for policy change in your school, this month and year-round. 

Anti-Racist Work in Schools: Are You in it for the Long Haul? // Elizabeth Kleinrock

When Schools Cause Trauma // Carrie Gaffney

Designing Their Own Black Future // Jey Ehrenhalt
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How We Teach America’s Interwoven Histories 

Harvard history professor Tiya Miles spends much of her time thinking, learning and teaching about how humanity’s various histories come together and influence one another, namely those of Black and Indigenous Americans. We talked to Miles about why we can’t understand the American story without recognizing and learning these shared histories.

Fund a Voter Registration Drive With a Grant from TT

To help encourage voters to register in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi, TT is offering grants ranging from $500-$2,000 for educators in these states. These funds support school community members and students to host voter registration drives at their schools and in their communities. The deadline to apply is September 15.

PD Webinar: Indigenous Peoples’ History

Co-hosted with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, this on-demand webinar looks at the ways American history instruction often fails to acknowledge—and contributes to—the erasure of Indigenous stories and perspectives. You’ll learn about critical historical events, as well as cultural and societal contributions of Indigenous peoples. 

Check Out What We’re Reading

“‘This is too harsh of a sentence for a kid who didn’t do their homework. … There is so much research that points to the fact that this is not the right response for this crime. ... Teenage girls act out. They get mouthy. They get into fights with her mothers. They don’t want to get up until noon. This is normal stuff.’” — ProPublica

“The end of Native mascots is one piece of righting this historic wrong, but it also has immediate material impacts that shouldn’t be overlooked: These mascots are actively harmful to both Native and non-Native youth.” — The New Republic

“Since mid-March, childhood hunger has risen to a rate three times higher than reported during the financial crisis of 2008, with nearly one in five households of mothers with children ages 12 and younger not getting enough to eat.” — The New York Times
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