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The Minnesota Education Equity Partnership has created toolkits to create safe and supportive schools for Immigrant & English Learner (EL) students, particularly those in Minnesota. MNEEP believes in the dignity of every student where their humanity is honored and they have the opportunity to succeed in school. Recognizing that challenges facing students threaten this reality, these toolkits are intended to support administrators and partners in fostering healthy environments for all.
Advancement Project, #POLICEFREESCHOOLS, and Alliance for Educational Justice has created an action kit designed to equip providers with the necessary tools to protect students identified as immigrants. The goal of the action kit is to provide partner providers with information regarding current landscape and resources to support with community efforts.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has provided a website hub network with various resources to support LGBTQ+ community members and families navigate executive orders, federal actions, and policies.
The State of California and CSBA (California School Boards Association) has created a dedicated website to immigration-related resources for school districts and personnel. Included in these resources are quick guides for school officials, student family checklists, and the Bureau of Children’s Justice Resource Page as well as other relative resources to supporting children and youth in the education system.
California Department of Justice (Office of the Attorney General) has provided a quick reference guide for school officials should an immigration-enforcement officer come to their academic institution. This quick reference guide aids conversations and ensures that all rights are protected.
Baker McKenzie in partnership with One North has created a multi-state resource guide to support unhoused youth. Included information guides youth in areas including knowing their rights particularly as it impacts their lives.
To ensure that voices are amplified and that the stories of everyday people are empowered amidst opposition, Teaching for Change has created the Civil Rights Teaching website. The website offers lessons, handouts, resources, and news to implement in classroom teaching to engage students in their own knowledge and community activism. Teaching for Change is an active partner in the Freedom Movement Educational Initiative.
Journeys in Film: Educating for Global Understanding offers free resource access to film curriculum for students, grades 3-12, and educators to guide understanding. Organized in subjects and themes, educators sign up for a free account, add curriculum to their cart (for free), and download resources to engage learning.
Sponsored by North Carolina State University, the Virtual Martin Luther King, Jr. Project (vMLK) developed as a pilot project. The vMLK team in conjunction with faculty at Southease Raleigh Magnet High School developed a website with resources intended to offer learning experiences and no-cost professional development opportunities for North Carolina teachers and students grades 8-12.
The National Museum of African American History & Culture offers educators and community activists a resource centered on Martin Luther King Jr. and his dream for not only his community, but the world. This resource offers activities, information, as well as links to alternative resources to discuss big topics with children including racism and activism.
Children’s Funding Project offers communities who are implementing new voter-approved funding a toolkit for designing, operating, and evaluating programs. From creating a timeline to telling your programmatic-outcome story, this toolkit provides step-by-step guidance.
PFLAG has curated resources for those new to the conversation surrounding gender identity. These resources include national publications, online academies, books, films, and special topics.