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Friend, Learning for Justice is a project of the SPLC that seeks to uphold our mission through social justice education and advocacy. Recognizing education’s capacity to help build an equitable society, Learning for Justice engages educators, young people, caregivers and all community members to think critically about current issues and events and to foster inclusive learning. The Fall 2022 issue of Learning for Justice Magazine highlights how the fight for democracy is built on intersecting struggles for justice and calls upon us to use our individual strengths to work collectively toward advancing the human rights of all people by advocating for one another in education and in all sectors of society.
A Message From Our Director In Perspectives, Learning for Justice Director Jalaya Liles Dunn emphasizes that “The treatment of children from communities experiencing systemic oppressions—those at the intersection of race, gender, poverty and geography—will determine the fate of our democracy.”
 Inclusive Education Benefits All Children Melanie Willingham-Jaggers and the GLSEN Team emphasize that in confronting attacks on LGBTQ+ students’ rights to representation and safety in public education, we hold firm to creating inclusive and affirming learning spaces. Expanding Democracy Through Intersecting Movements
In this article, LFJ Senior Writer Coshandra Dillard explores the connections between past and present intersecting movements in the SPLC’s Civil Rights Memorial Center.  Decarceration Begins with School Discipline Reform Writer and education advocate Anthony Conwright explains that educators have a role in ending discipline that criminalizes youth. Reforms, including trauma-informed and restorative practices, can disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Centering Diverse Parents in the CRT Debate Ivory A. Toldson, Ph.D., contends that parents of color and parents of conscience, whose children make up the majority of students in public education, must be centered in conversations on race and inclusive education. Confronting Ableism on the Way to Justice Disability rights activist Keith Jones emphasizes that to build a society that advances the human rights of all people requires the social justice movement to be intentional in including intersecting identities and diverse equity struggles. Community Organizing Uplifts Immigrant Students Writer and organizer Dorothee Benz, Ph.D., shows how immigrant students and their families are finding ways to mitigate serious obstacles by tapping into their own agency and communities. Supporting Young People through Polarizing Times Lydia Bates, SPLC program manager at the Intelligence Project, explains that during this time of political and social turmoil, building networks of trusted adults will help young people counter manipulative and harmful information.
Creating a Society Rooted in Justice In this Q&A, nationally recognized anti-racist and anti-bias writer and educator Britt Hawthorne provides insights on raising children to become more compassionate, empathetic human beings in a global society.In solidarity,
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