Real Talk Series

 The Real Talk Critical Discussion is a series of student focus groups that center the voices, and lived-experiences of students around issues that affect them in schools, the community, and the nation. The Real Talk is designed to cultivate student leadership by moving them along a continuum of empowering their voices to identify problems and create solutions in advocating for change.  

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Resources

The King Philosophy: 6 Steps of Nonviolent Social Change from the King Center

Center for Racial Justice in Education

• Resources for Talking About Race, Racism, and Racialized Violence

Great Lakes Equity Assistance Center 

• School Community Stakeholders as Allies & Accomplices: Playing a Role in Social Justice Advocacy
• Empowering Students to Become Agents of Social Change
• Reading for Social Justice A Guide for Families and Educators

Monroe County Public Library 

• Kids talks about Race, Teens and Adult Anti-Racist Reading List

Scholastic

• It's Not So Black and White: Discussing Race and Racism in the Classroom

TED Talks

• How to Resolve Racially Stressful Situations 
• How to Teach Kids about Taboo Topics

Teaching Tolerance

• Race & Ethnicity Resources
• Speak up at School: How to respond to everyday prejudice, bias and stereotypes
• Speak Up Pocket Guide
• How to Implement “Speak Up at School”

The Anti Defamation League

• The Anti Defamation League Article on George Floyd, Racism, and Law Enforcement
• How to have Family Conversations about Current Events
• No Place for Hate