PARTNERS and RESOURCES
PARTNERS
We deeply appreciate our non-profit partners who offer support, resources,
and direct services to marginalized communities. Thank you for taking a moment
to learn more about their important work.
Rainbow Railroad believes that governments around the globe should enact and enforce laws and policies that protect LGBTQI individuals and enable them to live in freedom and safety in their own country. However, until that day arrives, our organization is focused on providing solutions for LGBTQI people who need immediate assistance because they are facing a serious threat to their lives and safety.
CLGS was established at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California and opened its doors in the fall of 2000. Our mission is to advance the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and transgender people and to transform faith communities and the wider society by taking a leading role in shaping a new public discourse on religion, gender identity and sexuality through education, research, community building and advocacy.
Resources
for Teachers and Families
We welcome you to explore our updated resource guide that links you to various organizations that address the topics of social justice, equity around culture and race, the Black Lives Matter movement, the history of injustice and change, LGBTQ+ empowerment, immigrants and refugees, and advocacy for people that are differently abled. These websites are rich––filled with ways to use appropriate and clear language, educator resources, lesson plans, and booklists for both adults and students. These resources can be used as a foundation for your own curriculum or in conjunction with our curriculum. We hope you enjoy these resources and delve deeply into them. Please contact us with additional websites and organizations that you find useful.
Teaching for Change
Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write, and change the world.
(This organization was formerly called Teaching Tolerance).
https://www.teachingforchange.org/educator-resources/anti-bias-education
National Association for the Education of Young Children
NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children. (not amazing- ask Wendy for more)
https://www.naeyc.org/resources/topics/anti-bias
Bank Street College of Education Center on Culture, Race, and Equity
Our work supports change on personal, professional, and institutional levels through research and professional development. Our approach to both our research and our professional development is grounded in a number of theoretical frameworks: critical race theory, culturally responsive practice, developmentally and culturally appropriate practice, and adult learning theory.
Rethinking Schools
Our magazine, books, resources, and projects promote equity and racial justice in the classroom. We encourage grassroots efforts in our schools and communities to enhance the learning and well-being of our children, and to build broad democratic movements for social and environmental justice.
https://rethinkingschools.org/
Black Lives Matter At School
Black Lives Matter at School is a national coalition organizing for racial justice in education. Provides resources, publications and curriculum. (project of Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change).
https://www.blacklivesmatteratschool.com/
Facing History and Ourselves
Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate. Professional development, powerful classroom resources, and unique historical/cultural/ emotional/ social curriculum.
https://www.facinghistory.org/about-us
Human Rights Campaign: Welcoming Schools
HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools is the most comprehensive bias-based bullying prevention program in the nation to provide LGBTQ+ and gender inclusive professional development training, lesson plans, booklists and resources specifically designed for educators and youth-serving professionals.
Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network
GLSEN is a national organization founded on the principle that every student has the right to a safe, supportive, and LGBTQ+-inclusive K-12 education. GLSEN is a network of educators, students, and local GLSEN Chapters working to make this right a reality. GLSEN’s mission is to ensure that every member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
Link to GLSEN educator resources and curriculum:
https://www.glsen.org/resources/educator-resources
Raising Race Conscious Children
Raising Race Conscious Children, a resource to support adults who are trying to talk about race with young children. This is an excellent resource for using clear and communicative language. The goals of the conversations are to dismantle the color-blind framework and prepare young people to work toward racial justice. If we commit to collectively trying to talk about race with young children, we can lean on one another for support as we, together, envision a world where we actively challenge racism each and every day. It starts one conversation at a time.
https://www.raceconscious.org/
The UNHRC
The UNHRC provides direct aid to refugees, helps them build new lives, and educates people about the different types of refugees in the world and what they can do to help.
Here you can learn about different types of refugees:
https://www.unrefugees.org/refugee-facts/what-is-a-refugee/
Refuge America
A resource for LGBTQ displaced people in America, Refuge America is on a mission to redefine what it means to be a socially conscious, globally focused, and locally oriented LGBTQ citizen.
https://www.refugeamerica.org/
Book Lists:
https://www.scbwi.org/diverse-books/ Award winning diverse books.
https://diversebooks.org/resources-old/where-to-find-diverse-books/
https://hereweeread.com/2020/12/the-2021-ultimate-list-of-diverse-childrens-books.html
Children’s books, films about teaching for social justice, Black Lives Matter in schools, articles for educators and more.
Direct link to children’s books carefully selected by Teaching for Change: https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/
Books, articles and ideas for teaching and improving equity in early childhood.
Early childhood booklist: https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/early-childhood/