Newsletter from Learning for Justice

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January 3, 2023


** Build Resilient Communities to Counter Disinformation
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“Teachers need to be equipped to recognize signs of exposure to harmful online content as well as online harassment and abuse. And they also need strategies to help young people build resilience against harmful content and be equipped to reject it when they do encounter it.”—Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Ph.D.
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Prevention and Resilience: Supporting Young People Through Polarizing Times
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The second anniversary of the assault on the U.S. Capitol approaches with the new year, reminding us that it’s critical to help young people understand, contextualize and counter manipulative and harmful disinformation. With online hate an ongoing crisis-level threat to democracy, this article ([link removed]) from Learning for Justice magazine explains how models to prevent and build resilience against extremism must be among contemporary solutions.
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** Reimagining Digital Literacy Education to Save Ourselves
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Misinformation and online hate continue to threaten democracy and liberation movements. In this 2021 article ([link removed]) , experts remind us that “schools and communities need to update and extend their commitment to digital literacy across all subject areas—in a way that directly addresses how information spreads, who it helps and who it harms.”
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** Combating Online Youth Radicalization
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This webinar ([link removed]) from Learning for Justice, SPLC’s Intelligence Project and American University’s Polarization and Extremism Research Innovation Lab (PERIL) provides a deep dive into the relationship between digital literacy and youth radicalization and helps you to become familiar with warning signs and examines the ways online hate affects targeted groups.


** Resource Spotlight
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* Teaching the History Context of January 6 ([link removed])
* Preventing Youth Radicalization: Building Resilient, Inclusive Communities ([link removed])


** Story Corner
For Young Readers, Parents, Caregivers and Educators
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In “Min Jee’s Lunch,” ([link removed]) young learners gain lessons about difference and what it means to stand up for someone else. This short story by former educator and author Elizabeth Kleinrock has an accompanying video for the whole family to enjoy.

Professional Development
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Virtual Workshops Are Coming This Spring!

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Check Out Learning for Justice’s New Online Course: Youth in Front


** Check Out What We’re Reading
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“‘It’s so easy to spread misinformation today because of digital tools and social media platforms.’” —Los Angeles Times ([link removed])

“‘Pre-Covid, people who believed in medical misinformation were generally just talking to each other, contained within their own little bubble, and you had to go and do a bit of work to find that bubble. But now, you don’t have to do any work to find that information — it is presented in your feed with any other types of information.’” —The New York Times ([link removed])

“It is important for individuals and groups to reach out to their neighbors to support them and to provide another vision on the local level for a pluralist, open and equitable democracy.” —Southern Poverty Law Center ([link removed])
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