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| Beginning the Journey Recommends Click on the picture or title for more detailed description. ***FEATURED BOOK*** Try This At Home: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Winning Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights Policies. A Practical Activist's Guide released by the ACLU. Applicable to many causes especially as fair minded activists work to ensure that congress does not write discrimination into the US Constitution with the Federal Marriage Amendment. . A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. This book, edited by James M. Washington, is an impressive volume. This book brings together essays, speeches, sermons, interviews, and excerpts from King's books. Together, these many documents offer insights into the life and philosophy of a giant of the civil rights movement in the United States. A Face in the Crowd: Expressions of Gay Life in America A powerful new photo and essay book titled "A Face in the Crowd" Expressions of Gay Life in America. The book, funded by the Matthew Shepard Foundation, seeks to educate and empower today's youth to actively take part in developing solutions to problems that are rooted in ignorance and hatred. There is a lack of timely, comprehensive, and current information available for use in classrooms, gay/straight support groups, and at home. "A Face in the Crowd" is a step forward in filling this gap. Cliques: Eight Steps to Help Your Child Survive the Social Jungle by Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese Bully, victim or bystander. Which role will your children play in the "schoolhouse drama" of their turbulent, angst filled adolescent years? Cliques: Eight Steps to Help Your Child Survive the Social Jungle reveals some frightening truths about the "put-down" mindset of today�s middle-schoolers and offers practical suggestions to guide them through this particularly sensitive time. Hate Hurts: How Children Learn and Unlearn Prejudice Noticing differences among people is biological. At six months, an infant can distinguish skin color, hair texture, and facial features. But forming attitudes about differences is social, say Caryl Stern La Rosa and Ellen Hofheimer Bettman in this perceptive and practical book developed by the Anti-Defamation League, Hate Hurts. The authors offer a clear and compelling guide to understanding the way children learn and unlearn prejudice, suggesting hundreds of strategies, role plays, and sample dialogues for parents and teachers to shape the way children value the differences they perceive. Starting Small from Southern Poverty Law Center "Starting Small is a training tool for early childhood educators. The 250 page text, designed for self-reflection or group discussion, profiles exemplary pre-K through third grade classrooms in which peace, equity, and justice are guiding themes." - From Southern Poverty Law Center's Website Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope by Jonathan Kozol Stepping back from his 30-year attack on the inequalities of education, Jonathan Kozol allows the children to speak for themselves in Ordinary Resurrections. These are the schoolchildren of South Bronx's most dismal neighborhood, Mott Haven, where social struggles with poverty and imprisoned fathers rate just under AIDS and asthma as the greatest threats to young lives. In recording conversations between these kids and each other, their teachers, caretakers, parents, and even himself, Kozol manages to move the adults to the periphery in order to let the children teach. There is no government data, no research conclusions, only a sense of hope and wonder at the resiliency of the young in the face of such savage inequalities. The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman Moises Kaufman and his Tectonic Theater Project have written a play documenting the aftermath of the savage killing of Matthew Shepard, including the perspectives of both friends and strangers: The Laramie Project. This innovative theatrical composition, structured not in scenes, but in "moments," addresses the various issues relating to the tragedy of Shepard, a young gay man whose murder has since become a symbol for America's struggle against intolerance. Written from over 200 interviews and using the actual words of the citizens of Laramie. The text powerfully examines the responses of those affected by hate. This was recently adapted into an HBO Original Movie. Loosing Matthew Shepard A Laramie citizen's response to the murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard. FOR MORE SPECIFIC BOOKS USE THE LINKS BELOW BOOKS for Teachers, Educators, School Administrators, and Social Workers. BOOKS for Children and Young Readers. BOOKS for Employers and Business Leaders Coming soon: BOOKS of fiction. |
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