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September 24, 2019
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** Apply for a TT Grant This Month and Get Free Materials!
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Do you have an idea for a project to help make your school or district more welcoming? Apply for a TT Educator Grant ([link removed]) ! If you apply
by September 30, we’ll send you a free set of four posters and a bundle of our film kits. Our grants support projects designed to bring anti-bias principles and practices to classrooms, schools and districts. Awards range from $500 to $10,000.
They Didn’t Back Down // Cory Collins ([link removed])

Authors of Their Own Stories // Jey Ehrenha ([link removed]) lt ([link removed])

Black Minds Matter // Coshandra Dillard ([link removed])
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No Child Deserves This
Last week, a 6-year-old black girl and another unidentified 6-year-old child were arrested at their Florida school. The girl was handcuffed and taken to a juvenile detention center. Her fingerprints and mugshot were taken, and she was charged with battery. No child deserves such treatment—and no school should excuse it. Use these resources ([link removed]) to help create and support schools where all children feel safe to learn and grow.
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** Advice for New Social Justice Educators From Our Board
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The TT Advisory Board is composed of educators working in a range of fields, at all stages of their careers and from all corners of the United States. Sharing their expertise, their ideas and their voices with us, they play an invaluable role in TT’s work. In the latest issue of our magazine, board members told us what they wish they had known when they began social justice work. Read their advice here ([link removed]) .
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** Banned Books Week: Advocate for LGBTQ Texts
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This week is Banned Books Week. LGBTQ texts are disproportionately represented on most banned book lists. Although titles with LGBTQ characters and topics comprise only a fraction of all published books, they make up over half of the most frequently banned books. Read more ([link removed]) about why advocacy for equitable curriculum should be central to Banned Books Week.
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** Get Free Posters When You Register for Mix It Up!
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Is your school participating in Mix It Up at Lunch Day this year? Mix It Up is a campaign that encourages students to identify, question and cross social boundaries. While schools can host Mix It Up at Lunch on any day, millions of students around the world participate on the national day—set for October 22 this year. Register now ([link removed]) and receive a free set of posters.


** Check Out What We’re Reading
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“How do you want to look back at your life? Do you want to be able to say that you did fight against it and tried to push for a change early on? Or do you want to say that, ‘No, I just went on going like everyone else because it was too uncomfortable.’” — Teen Vogue ([link removed])

“While segregation in parts of America has persisted, the number of students affected has inched up only slightly. Out of 46.4 million public school students, about 5.8 million attended schools that were not integrated in 2017.” — The Washington Post ([link removed])

“Watching the video of the match, I saw Maloney give Drew 90 seconds to shatter either a pillar of his identity or his bond with his teammates and his home. Sitting in the barber chair beneath Perez’s buzzing clippers 3½ months later, Drew was still trying to reassemble the pieces of who he used to be.” — The Undefeated ([link removed])
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