Plus, Pair Share Gift Drawings Morningside Center NEWSLETTER Dear Morningside Center friends, This spring, amid the Covid lockdown, we invited each of our 35 staff developers to come up with a creative project to support young people and educators during these extremely hard times. They are now coming through with an abundance of activities, videos, and articles – some playful, some deep, all intended to give you a boost. Last issue, we shared our first project – a set of interactive online SEL-oriented games, adapted/created by Jason Jacobs and Laurine Towler, that are ideal for beginning the school session (summer or fall). In this issue, we are excited to share a blog debut by Nicole Lavonne Smith and an art activity by Emily Feinstein to help your students get to know each other. Enjoy!! And please note that we have three webinars coming up in August! Save the dates and stay tuned for more information. Read & Do: More Creative Gifts from our Staff When Do We Celebrate? "This Juneteenth was special – not because a surge of states and cities decided to recognize a day that many of us were already celebrating, but because today’s Black dissent and anger is a display of love. And because anti-racism is truly patriotic, and unrest is reassuringly inspiring." Blogpost by Nicole Lavonne Smith. Pair-Share Gift Drawings This activity, ideal for the beginning of a school session, helps students get to know each other through art. They interview each other, create a drawing or collage based on what they heard, and share it with each other and the class. By artist and staff developer Emily Feinstein. Webinars on SEL & Equity Coming Up August 4: Introducing white educators to the process of creating and engaging in affinity group conversations. Morningside Center staff developers Marieke van Woerkom, Emily Feinstein, and Lauren Neidhardt invite you to lean into your discomfort as we collectively work toward the antiracist future of education. We'll share details soon. August 13: Fostering SEL and Self-Care for Our Students in the Corona Era, an AFT/Share My Lesson webinar with Morningside's Victoria Cheng-Gorini August 20: Creating an Affirmative Space for All, an AFT/Share My Lesson webinar with Morningside's Nicole Lavonne Smith. “We’re fighting for justice in our schools, neighborhoods, workplaces, healthcare facilities, and in our own homes – and that’s not the type of fight you give up on." — Nicole Lavonne Smith Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility www.morningsidecenter.org ‌ ‌ ‌ Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility | 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 550, New York, NY 10115 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by [email protected]