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California Wildfire School Support for Youth Displacement

School House Connection has offered a school resources spotlighting 5 key policy overviews to support children and youth displaced by disasters, such as the California Wildfire emergency. Read More

Homeless Youth Handbook

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. Read More

Bookmark: Restorative Conversations

Innovageous has offered a Restorative Conversations printable bookmark for simple discussions with children and youth centered in restorative practices. Bookmarks include sentence starters and reflection questions. Read More

Teaching for Change: Civil Rights Teaching

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. Read More

Dwayne Wiggins, Jr.

Journeys in Film

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. Read More

Psychological First Aid (PFA) for Schools: Field Operations Guide

Together, The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and The National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) offer the Psychological First Aid (PFA) for Schools: Field Operations Guide as a resource for educators and educational professionals. This guide offers the PFA core actions which include contact and engagement; safety and comfort; stabilization; information gathering; practical assistance; connection with social supports; information on coping; and linkage with collabor... Read More

Julie Rogers Bascom

Implementing a New Voter-Approved Children’s Fund

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. Read More

Transgender Resources

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. Read More

Medal of Honor Character Development Program

Sponsored by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, this free resource is available to educators of elementary and secondary classrooms. Activities include individual and group-oriented worksheets, resources, webinars, and historical collections. Read More

ACLU: Know Your Rights Pamphlet (Spanish)

This resource provided by the ACLU gives guidance to knowing your rights when questioned by law enforcement agencies and authorities. A copy of “My Rights Card” is available in this resource for use if needed. This resource is prepared in Spanish.  Read More