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Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) student artwork will be featured at Lynnhaven Mall during April, the Month of the Military Child.
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Resources
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Professional learning topics for staff and adults
- Project Implicit. The goal of the assessment is to educate the public about hidden biases and to provide a “virtual laboratory” for collecting data online. Take a test.
- Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain, Zaretta Hammond
- Learning Opportunities for the Community – Parent Connections through Family and Community Engagement
Recommended books, articles, videos, websites and more
- 13th Annual African American Male Summit – https://youtu.be/ck2HksrBZ8Y
- Another View, Radio Series with Barbara Hamm Lee
- Anti-Defamation League: Fighting Hate with Good
- Article for Teachers' Self-Accountability for Dismantling Racial Oppression
- Article on Black Trauma and Showing Up at Work
- Beach Girls Rock! at PAHS – https://youtu.be/PeXTyOAZXCA
- Middle School Community Circle Topics
- National Museum of African American History & Culture: Talking About Race
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Resources for Talking About Race, Racism, and Racialized Violence
- Teaching Tolerance: Parents Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice
- VBCPS Community Conversation- How to Talk About Equity, Race and Recent Events – https://youtu.be/px9Q1OamjQM
- Virginia Beach Human Rights Commission
- Virginia Beach Minority Business Council
- Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities (VCIC)
- Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good