Advice on Leading Change from Experienced Youth Activists and Allies
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Can I get in trouble for supporting students?

Safely supporting student civic action

Can teachers get in trouble for supporting students?

Meira

NSBA on Teacher Speech in School

Employee speech has rights and limits

NSBA on Teacher Speech Outside School

Freer, but courts have defined limits

ACLU guide on teachers' free speech rights

Some tips from the ACLU

How can teachers be allies?

Trusting young people as civic actors

How can teachers be allies?

Aaliyah

How can teachers be allies?

Rebecca

How do I talk with students about protest?

Laura

Youth and Social Movements

Key lessons for allies

Civic Participation in the Classroom

Framework for conversations about protest

How to Let Students Lead the Discussion

Four tips for classroom discussion

Short Activities to Empower Students

Engage with current events

How Teachers Can Support Student Activists

For starters, see youth as civic actors

Ways to support students without walking out

Engaging inside the classroom

Guidelines for Supporting Students

5 steps from AASA

Teaching the Past and Present

Another way to explore civic engagement

Responding to and Supporting students

A Usable Knowledge guide from HGSE

10 Questions for Students

Ways of guiding effective conversation about activism

Nine Ways to Help Students Discuss Guns and Violence

Make space, expect the unexpected, listen, connect to curriculum

How to Respond to Student Activism about Gun Violence

Listen, empower, and affirm students' rights

How to Nurture Student Leadership

Build opportunities for research, governance, and internships

How can a march become a movement?

Supporting student activism--and your own--over the long haul

Can a march make a difference?

Jarvis

Exploring activism as a long term fight

Activities for the classroom

Welcoming student feedback

How to collect feedback and encourage student leadership

Be the change

How to start a student service project

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