Why?
Around the world, there are children denied an education. There are laborers denied a living wage. There are humans silenced by disease or exploitation. There are people unprotected by the governments that consider them citizens. And there are even those among us who feel excluded and in need of someone to care.
Every one of them has a voice that needs to be heard.
Be silent. Listen. Reflect.
Around the world, there are children denied an education. There are laborers denied a living wage. There are humans silenced by disease or exploitation. There are people unprotected by the governments that consider them citizens. And there are even those among us who feel excluded and in need of someone to care.
Every one of them has a voice that needs to be heard.
Be silent. Listen. Reflect.
**Some of these links include disturbing topics and images. Parental guidance is suggested for those viewing outside of the 8th grade classroom environment.Links to videos or imagesThis I believe
Facing History and Ourselves Videos We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel Royal Chicano Air Force Tadashi Nakamura Bryan Stevenson Introduction to Night Jim Crow Interactive Origins of a lynching Culture in the US Stereotypes Claude Steele Found Voices - Slave Narratives - Dateline 1999 Kailash Satyarthi - TED Talk - Anger to Idea to Action Malala Yousafzai - Address to UN Slaveryfootprint.org Made in a Free World Mustafa the Poet Angel Island - Paper Sons & Daughters Strange Fruit Elaine Race Riots Origami Paper Crane |
Dates to ConsiderOctober - National Character Counts! Month
National Bullying Prevention Month February 25th - We Day California April - National Child Abuse Prevention Month April 2nd - World Autism Awareness Day April 15th - 16th - Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) April 17th - Day of Silence - GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) April 22nd - Earth Day May 11th - World Fair Trade May 15th - International Day of Families May 22nd - International Day for Biological Diversity May 28th - World Hunger Day June 5th - World Environment Day June 12th - World Day Against Child Labor - ILO (International Labor Organization) June 20th - World Refugee Day June 21st - World Music Day June 26th - International Day Against Drug Abuse December 2nd - International Day for Abolition of Slavery - UN (United Nations) |