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Mix It Up at Lunch Inspires an Activist
This student’s Mix It Up at Lunch journey paid off in happy, social dividends.
A Name Change Can Heal a Community
A steak and soda shop offers a lesson to educators and students about how to build an inclusive community.
Cheerios Ad Touches Racial Nerve
A recent Cheerios commercial reminds us of the historical roots of race in the United States. Those roots still cause social and political upset.
TT Welcomes the 2013 Advisory Board
The 2013 Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board members began two-year terms on June 1.
Cheerios Expands the View of Family
General Mills recently ran an ad for Cheerios cereal featuring an interracial couple and their child. This is cause for celebration and an opportunity to help students explore race and expand media literacy. Unfortunately, not all viewers saw it that way.
LGBT Teachers Need Allies
When LGBT teachers have to live in fear of being outed, their capacity to service students in an authentic way is diminished.
Helping Students Get into History
This teacher helped students process a connection to slavery in their community that was engaging and insightful.
Helping Students Build a World Without Hate
An Anti-Defamation League video inspires this teacher to help his students imagine—and build—a world in which everyone thrives.
