Your weekly newsletter from LFJ, with a new video for elementary students, an opportunity to help us shape the future of our magazine and more.

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May 18, 2021
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** Watch Our New Read-aloud Video for Young Learners!
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Published in our Fall 2020 magazine, “Min Jee’s Lunch” is a Learning for Justice original children’s story written by author, educator and LFJ awardee Elizabeth Kleinrock. In this video ([link removed]) , narrated by Kleinrock and beautifully illustrated by Janice Chang, a classmate announces that Min Jee’s Korean lunch is “how everyone got sick.” Min Jee and her friends must decide how to respond. Find the story and accompanying reader questions here. ([link removed])
“We Won’t Wear the Name” // Coshandra Dillard ([link removed])

A Flaw in the Foundation // Natalie Odom Pough ([link removed])

The Classical Roots of White Supremacy // Dani Bostick ([link removed])
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Tell Us What You Think About Our Magazine
At Learning for Justice, we know our readers are the experts on our work. That’s why we’re inviting you to take this online survey ([link removed]) as we prepare for the future of what will be called Learning for Justice magazine. It’s your chance to let us know what’s most helpful to you and how our magazine can be even more useful.
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** Why I Teach: Returning to the Place of Origin
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In our latest edition of Why I Teach, educator Gerardo Muñoz writes about the critical importance of centering community. Now, more than ever, Muñoz says educators need “authentic spaces in which students can consider their humanity—and community.” Read more here ([link removed]) .
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** One World Poster: Kay Ulanday Barrett
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Kay Ulanday Barrett ([link removed]) is a poet, educator and activist. In their writing, they say, they hope to expand others’ “ideas of what trans is, what disabled is, what being a person of color and a kid of migrants is.” Find inspiring words from Barrett on this One World poster ([link removed]) , and download and share it with your students.
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** Moving From Bicultural to Transcultural Acculturation
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Students navigating multiple cultural norms and traditions may sometimes receive messages suggesting they aren’t “enough” of any one identity. In our latest article ([link removed]) , Dr. Aradhana Mudambi writes about supporting these students and uplifting the value of belonging to multiple identity groups.


** Check Out What We’re Reading
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“In order to understand and combat AAPI hate, we must understand the many unique histories our communities bring to this movement today. We must untangle the policies and decisions through which we have been attacked, colonized, policed, banned, killed, displaced, and persecuted.” — Teen Vogue ([link removed])

“The students had made major strides in getting curriculum changes, such as improvements to the way Black history is taught. But one day, after combing through disciplinary data at the middle school level for Black girls, the students were stopped in their tracks by the racial disparities in detentions and suspensions.” — The Philadelphia Tribune ([link removed])

“Diversity, equity and inclusion should not just be buzzwords. They should be purposeful and deliberate concepts, centering people’s lived experiences and culture, helping them become their best and most authentic selves.” — EdSurge ([link removed])
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