Dear Morningside Center friends,

In this issue, we share our "Crisis Support Bundle," a collection of lessons and guidelines to support students in the wake of upsetting events. We hope you find it helpful.

Also in this issue, a new activity on song-writing, a lesson on youth-led organizing wins at Amazon and Starbucks, and our latest readings.

What Do Union Wins at Starbucks & Amazon Mean for Young People?

362 School Counselors on the Pandemic’s Effect on Children: ‘Anxiety Is Filling Our Kids.' In a New York Times survey, counselors said students are behind in their abilities to learn, cope, and relate.

See this pre-publication piece by Anne H. Charity Hudley, Christine Mallinson, Rachel Samuels, and Kimberly Bigelow in in the AFT's American Educator magazine.

What Fact-Checkers Know About Media Literacy—and Students Should, Too. "Professional fact-checkers use a strategy that’s at odds with how we usually teach information literacy. Here’s how to pass it on to your students."

By Youki Terada on Edutopia.

“You forgot that the people are the ones who make these companies operate.” - Labor organizer Chris Smalls