The Martin Luther King Coalition invites all to the 38th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Community Celebration, Monday, January 20th. The Coalition has organized annual observances of Dr. King’s birthday since 1983. Its members include diverse local organizations dedicated to carrying on Dr. King’s work to end racism, eliminate poverty, and promote peace through active nonviolence. This year’s celebration will be held will again be held at Temple Adath Yeshurun, 152 Prospect Street, Manchester, NH 03104. The celebration is free to the public and all are welcome. Celebration details
Human & Civil Rights Committee
Committee Bulletin Board – News, Notes, and Events.
Lesson Plans To Prevent Bias-Based Bullying in School
Most bullying in school comes from bias, prejudice, and stereotypes whether it is based on gender, race or religion. Help your students discuss the kinds of bullying that they really see and hear, prevent bullying and welcome all students in your classroom and school.
All HRC Welcoming Schools lessons are aligned with the Common Core Standards.
With no federal standards for the topic in place, teachers are left to their own devices for creating or finding social justice lesson plans. Our country’s history is rich with resistance, organizing, and civil rights campaigning—but for many teachers, these movements seem new.
If you want to guide your students through conversations about inclusion, diversity, and equity, it’s important to both teach the history and build upon the work of the countless people who contributed to social justice movements throughout the years.
Protocol for Identifying and Reporting Hate Crimes and Civil Rights Violations
A list of protocols from the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office.
26 Mini-Films for Exploring Race, Bias and Identity With Students
Teachers traditionally turn to literature, history and current events to open up these conversations, but it’s always helpful to have a bigger toolbox to tackle such important and difficult issues. That’s why we pulled together these 26 short New York Times documentaries that range in time from 1 to 7 minutes and tackle issues of race, bias and identity.
