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Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative (TLPI)

The Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative’s (TLPI) mission is to ensure that children traumatized by exposure to family violence and other adverse childhood experiences succeed in school.  To accomplish this mission, TLPI engages in a host of advocacy strategies including: providing support to schools to become trauma-sensitive environments; research and report writing; legislative and administrative advocacy for laws, regulations, and policies that support schools to develop trauma-sensitive environments; coalition building; outreach and education; and limited individual case representation in special education where a child’s traumatic experiences are interfacing with his or her disabilities.

Summer Camp Hub

Summer Camp Hub is a useful resource to find the best summer camp suited for you.

Race, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice: Grades K-12

Use these tools produced by National Geographic to help provocate thinking, spur dialogues, and guide conversations regarding race, diversity, inclusion, and justice.

National Parent Leadership Institute (NPLI)

NPLI exists to coordinate and increase the civic skills and impact of diverse parents at home, in the neighborhood, and in public policy to improve child and community outcomes.

Making Caring Common

Making Caring Common, a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, helps educators, parents, and communities raise children who are caring, responsible to their communities, and committed to justice.

Identity and Intersecting Perspectives: Between the World and Me

In this lesson, Identity and Intersecting Perspectives: Between the World and Me | MacArthur Fellows Program, students explore how our complex identities shape our understanding and experience of our world.

Understanding LGBTQ+ Identity: A Toolkit for Educators Collection

The Understanding LGBTQ+ Identity: A Toolkit for Educators Collection offers a series of digital media resources to help administrators, guidance counselors, and educators understand and effectively address the complex and difficult issues faced by LGBTQ students. The collection features short segments of video content from WNET’s groundbreaking LGBTQ series First Person, a digital series that delivers candid personal narratives illustrating larger conversations about gender, sexuality, social norms, and identity development. The video content is scaffolded by a suite of materials (informational text, conversation guides, discussion questions, and teaching tips) to facilitate their use in professional development settings. When used in tandem, the videos and accompanying educational resources will help promote understanding, awareness, and self-esteem.

Arthur: All About Community

Use these Arthur activities to help children understand themselves and those around them. Topics include self-esteem, understanding others, and cultural diversity.

Tangible Support for Immigrant Communities During COVID-19

Immigrants Rising is committed to serving undocumented communities during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. They put together a list of resources to help undocumented immigrants navigate the crisis.

The MSW@USC Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power and Privilege

This toolkit is meant for anyone who feels there is a lack of productive discourse around issues of diversity and the role of identity in social relationships, both on a micro (individual) and macro (communal) level. Perhaps you are a teacher, youth group facilitator, student affairs personnel or manage a team that works with an underserved population. Training of this kind can provide historical context about the politics of identity and the dynamics of power and privilege or help build greater self-awareness.

Inclusion and Respect: GLSEN Resources for Educators

GLSEN’s resources include educator guides, LGBT-Inclusive curriculum, and lesson plans on bullying, bias, and diversity.