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Nonprofit Advocacy

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Briefing Paper
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by Dulce Vega

 

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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was a trained minister whose future changed when he met Alice Cogswell, a young girl who was deaf. In 1817, Gallaudet opened the "Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons" in Hartford, Connecticut; it was the first U.S. deaf school. He had observed European educational methods and recruited a teacher of the deaf, Laurent Clerc, whose work helped develop American Sign Language (ASL).

Everyday SEL Courageous Conversations

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Courageous Conversations about social justice are an Everyday SEL practice. These prompts can be used to facilitate conversations that aim to build empathy and connection by inviting participants to speak and listen from the heart. Courageous Conversations take place after a stimulus, such as a video or image, is introduced. A stimulus is used to build background and stimulate thinking and discussion. 

Delores Huerta

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by Libby Rau

 

Biographical Highlights

Julia Lathrop

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Helen Peabody

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Peter Melvin Wege

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Jennifer Morrison (MI-Stories.com)

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American Street Literature Guide

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This is the story of Fabiola Toussaint, a Haitian immigrant who moves with her aunt and cousins to Detroit, on the corner of American Street and Joy Road. But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola’s mother is detained by U.S.

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