Learning for Justice

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Teaching Tolerance is a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Teaching Tolerance "was founded in 1991 to prevent the growth of hate."

Teaching Tolerance was renamed to Learning for Justice in February 2021.[1]

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"We began by publishing Teaching Tolerance magazine and producing films chronicling the modern civil rights movement. Today, our community includes more than 500,000 educators who read our magazine, screen our films, visit our website, participate in Mix It Up at Lunch Day, use our curriculum or participate in our social media community.
"Our materials have won two Oscars, an Emmy and scores of honors. The project has been named a “Friend of the UN,” recognized by the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation, and selected by President Bill Clinton’s Initiative on Race as one of the nation’s “Promising Practices” to eradicate racism.
"We view tolerance as a way of thinking and feeling—but most importantly, of acting—that gives us peace in our individuality, respect for those unlike us, the wisdom to discern humane values and the courage to act upon them.

Teaching Tolerance

According to their website:[2]

"Our mission is to help teachers and schools educate children and youth to be active participants in a diverse democracy.
"Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.
"Our program emphasizes social justice and anti-bias. The anti-bias approach encourages children and young people to challenge prejudice and learn how to be agents of change in their own lives. Our Social Justice Standards show how anti-bias education works through the four domains of identity, diversity, justice and action.

Teaching Tolerance

Advisory Board

From the Teaching Tolerance website:[3]

"The Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board is a national group of anti-bias educators who help Teaching Tolerance stay rooted in the real experiences and diverse perspectives of school communities across the country. Members of the Advisory Board are not simply devoted to social justice; they teach, counsel and care for K–12 students in schools across the country every day. They give us feedback on new resources by sharing their expertise and practice, and help program staff anticipate important trends and changes in the field. As members of this select group of educators, Advisors grow professionally by networking with Board colleagues, by participating in the development of new projects and through their role as ambassadors for the Teaching Tolerance mission. Each Advisory Board serves for a two-year term; the current term ends in 2019, when we’ll accept applications for a new board."
  • Amber Makaiau Associate specialist and director of curriculum and research | Oahu, Hawaii
  • Amber Neal Elementary reading and language arts teacher | Houston, Texas
  • Amy Melik K–12 ELL coordinator and teacher | Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Angela Hartman Secondary school librarian | Hutto, Texas
  • Barbie Garayua-Tudryn Elementary school counselor | Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • Carrie Gaffney Middle school IB teacher and coordinator | Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Celeste Payne High school science teacher | West Chester, Pennsylvania
  • Christopher Widmaier Science teacher | Rochester, New York
  • Dale Allender Assistant professor of education | Sacramento, California
  • David Paschall High school social studies and humanities teacher | Austin, Texas
  • Frances Weaver Middle school social studies teacher | Narberth, Pennsylvania
  • Gail Heath Sixth-grade English and language arts teacher | Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Hayley Breden High school social studies teacher | Denver, Colorado
  • Henry Cody Miller High school English and language arts teacher | Gainesville, Florida
  • Joe Schmidt High school social studies initiatives specialist | Augusta, Maine
  • Julie Bradley Middle school ELL teacher | Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Karen Schreiner Second-grade teacher | Oakland, California
  • Kevin Cordi Assistant professor of education | Ada, Ohio
  • Kim Estelle Sixth-grade teacher | Huntsville, Alabama
  • Kim Siar Elementary school teacher | Norristown, Pennsylvania
  • Kimberly Burkhalter Director of equity/diversity and magnet programs | Wichita, Kansas
  • Kinette Richards Middle school psychologist | Aurora, Colorado
  • Leslie Wills-Taylor Fourth-grade and diversity resource teacher | Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Lhisa Almashy High school ESL teacher and coordinator | Palm Beach County, Florida
  • Lois Parker-Hennion High school library media specialist | Orangeburg, New York
  • Michelle Higgins High school social studies teacher | Walla Walla, Washington
  • Sarah Neely Elementary school teacher | Grosse Pointe, Michigan
  • Scott Thomas Elementary school principal | Eagan, Minnesota
  • Sonia Galaviz Elementary teacher | Boise, Idaho
  • Veronica Menefee Special education teacher and consultant | Nottingham, Maryland

Partners

  • StoryCorps "preserves and shares humanity’s stories with a mission to build connections between people and to create a more just and compassionate world. Story Corps has contributed content to our Perspectives text library."
  • Upfront "is a news magazine published by The New York Times for use in high school classrooms. Its articles examine important contemporary and historical events. Upfront has contributed content to our Perspectives text library."
  • Welcoming Schools "A professional development project of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Welcoming Schools provides training, resources and lessons to support respectful and inclusive elementary schools. Welcoming Schools has contributed content to our Perspectives text library."
  • NBC Learn, the education arm of NBC News, "is dedicated to making historic resources and documents available to schools and families. NBC Learn has contributed content to our Perspectives text library."
  • The Museum of Tolerance (MOT) is dedicated to deepening visitors' understanding of the Holocaust and confronting prejudice and discrimination. Teaching Tolerance partners with MOT to train teachers on two of our curricular tools: the Perspectives text library and the Social Justice Standards.

Our Team

References

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  1. ↑ Our New Name: Learning for Justice (accessed November 21, 2021)
  2. ↑ ABOUT TEACHING TOLERANCE accessed May 2 2019
  3. ↑ ADVISORY BOARD accessed May 2 2019
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