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December 14, 2021
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** Download Our Free One World Poster Featuring Lizzo!
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Lizzo (Melissa Viviane Jefferson) is a musician, singer, rapper and songwriter who celebrates self-love and empowerment. Download our new, free One World poster ([link removed]) and let her words welcome and encourage your students in your classroom or virtual space.
Reimagining Digital Literacy Education to Save Ourselves // Cory Collins ([link removed])

We Can Create Change Together // Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn ([link removed])

Language Access: More Than Translation // Julie Feng ([link removed])
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Respecting All Students During the Holidays
To make all students feel included, some teachers and schools have turned to excluding all cultural and holiday celebrations. “But being a culturally sustaining teacher requires acknowledging and highlighting your students’ cultural identities, not ignoring them,” writes educator and mother Dr. Rachael Mahmood. Read more ([link removed]) .
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** A Guide to Facilitating Critical Conversations
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Educators must be prepared to have critical conversations about identity and injustice with students. Our Let’s Talk! guide ([link removed]) offers classroom-ready strategies you can use to plan discussions and facilitate these conversations with your students. We hope you find this guide useful and that you’ll share it with colleagues. And don’t forget to check out our
Let’s Talk! webinars.
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** Staff Picks: What We’re Reading and Watching
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In the latest issue of our magazine, Learning for Justice staff members recommend an array of books and films for elementary, middle and high school students. You’ll also find books and films you can use for your own professional development. Check out our picks in the latest editions of What We’re Reading ([link removed]) and What We’re Watching ([link removed]) .
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** Podcast Episode: Creating Brave Spaces
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People from all corners of public life are telling teachers to stop discussions about race and racism in the classroom, but keeping the truth of the world from students simply doesn’t work. This episode ([link removed]) of
Teaching Hard History provides examples of classroom strategies for engaging with students at the intersections of race, literature and lived experience.


** Check Out What We’re Reading
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“The account is part of a growing movement of Black creatives who, through film, television and art, are attempting to shatter narrow perceptions of Black existence.” — The Washington Post ([link removed])

“In response to the recent tornadoes, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network has developed resources to help families and communities.” — NCTSN ([link removed])

“When mental health is understood only as an issue stemming from an individual, then proposed solutions are also individually focused. While therapy and counseling are important to manage our day-to-day lives, they don’t always acknowledge and target systems of oppression that impact mental health.” — KCET ([link removed])
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