Acknowledging the Past to Shape the Present
Learn about two initiatives aimed at confronting past violence and reflect on how facing the past can help shape a better future.
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Acknowledging the Past to Shape the Present (en español)
Learn about two initiatives aimed at confronting past violence and reflect on how facing the past can help shape a better future. This resource is in Spanish.
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Bullying at School
Learn about some responses to school bullying and reflect on the power students have to make positive changes in their own school communities.
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Bullying at School (en español)
Learn about some responses to school bullying and reflect on the power students have to make positive changes in their own school communities. This resource is in Spanish.
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Finding a Voice in Art
Explore how Chilean women used folk art to heal and advocate for justice in the wake of human rights abuses by General Pinochet’s dictatorship.
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Mayor Mockus
Learn about the innovative programs that Bogotá mayor Antanas Mocus instituted to make improvements to the city, and reflect on the ways that change can be made in a society.
Not Just Awareness, But Action
Read President Barack Obama’s commencement address at Howard University from 2016 about his vision of civic participation and the duties of citizenship.
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Not in Our Town
Learn about how the residents of Billings, Montana, responded to a wave of racist and antisemitic violence in their town.
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Not in Our Town (en español)
Learn about how the residents of Billings, Montana, responded to a wave of racist and antisemitic violence in their town. This resource is in Spanish.
![Volunteers from AmeriCorps carry a floor joist at a Habitat for Humanity home site in New Orleans.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/hurricane-katrina-new-orleans-la-1-21-06-volunteers-from-americorps-carry-a-57b2dc_teaser.jpeg?h=afe124f6&itok=o37_v0bl)
Open-Source Participation
Learn about how bloggers and activists in Kenya used technology to respond to violence after a contested election in 2008.
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Seeking a Strategy that Works
Learn about the Pakistani activist Khalida Brohi and the strategies that she employed to improve the lives of women and girls throughout her country.
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