May 18, 2021

Watch Our New Read-aloud Video for Young Learners!

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, 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.

“We Won’t Wear the Name” // Coshandra Dillard 

A Flaw in the Foundation // Natalie Odom Pough

The Classical Roots of White Supremacy // Dani Bostick
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Why I Teach: Returning to the Place of Origin

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

One World Poster: Kay Ulanday Barrett

Kay Ulanday Barrett 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, and download and share it with your students.

Moving From Bicultural to Transcultural Acculturation

Students navigating multiple cultural norms and traditions may sometimes receive messages suggesting they aren’t “enough” of any one identity. In our latest article, Dr. Aradhana Mudambi writes about supporting these students and uplifting the value of belonging to multiple identity groups.

Check Out What We’re Reading

“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

“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

“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

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