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Upstander Story: 5 Questions for Pulitzer-Winner Sonia Nazario
In this interview, author Sonia Nozario discusses immigration, reporting during times of conflict, and the power young people have to shape our world for the better.
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How to Be an Upstander: Four Guiding Principles for Difficult Conversations
This piece outlines four pillars that can help us navigate challenging discussions in the classroom.
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Student Essay: Talking with Water Balloons
This award-winning student essay captures a Chinese-American student’s experience of building community across linguistic barriers.
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Student Essay: Wrong in My Own Skin
This student essay captures a Muslim student’s journey of creating space of transformative dialogue in the aftermath of an Anti-Muslim hate crime at school.
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Why We Remember Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) (UK)
Kristallnacht is a stark reminder of the violence that can occur when antisemitism is left unchallenged.
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Student Essay: Gay Olympians are Changing the World
This student essay explores the impact of the increasing visibility of gay olympians, particularly at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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Student Essay: Finding My Center
This award-winning student essay describes a queer student’s journey of stepping into leadership and making an impact as an intern at the LGBTQIA+ Center in Greenwich Village.
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Student Essay: Right and Just
This award-winning student essay describes a class trip to the U.S. Holocaust Museum in which the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor encounters a photograph of a historical upstander to whom she, and her grandmother, owe their lives.
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