Family & Community Context

ADDRESSING Model

This short video provides an overview of the ADDRESSING Model. Developed by Pamela Hays, the “ADDRESSING” model is a framework that facilitates recognition and understanding of the complexities of individual identity. According to Hays, consideration of age, developmental disabilities, acquired disabilities, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, indigenous group membership, nationality, and gender contributes to a complete understanding of cultural identity.

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A Gardener’s Tale: brief video

A brief version Dr. Camara Jones’ “Gardener’s Tale:” resents an allegory about a gardener with 2 flower boxes, rich and poor soil, and red and pink flowers. This allegory illustrates the relationship between the 3 levels of racism and may guide our thinking about how to intervene to mitigate the impacts of racism on health. This allegory is also helpful to guide classroom disccusions on race.

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10 Practices to Support Youth Voice

Service-learning is an approach to teaching and learning where students use academic and civic knowledge and skills to address a genuine community need. When service-learning is used in or outside the classroom, it provides ample opportunities for young people to share their voices and experiences while addressing a genuine community need. Here are ways you can support youth voice within quality service-learning instruction.

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Using Equity Audits to Assess and Address Opportunity Gaps Across Education

To recognize root causes of inequities, educators and communities can use equity audits to examine their school’s culture, trends, practices and policies. discusses the purpose, measures and outcomes of an equity audit. It showcases examples of how the information from an audit can assist schools and districts in addressing inequity.

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VOYCE Project

Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) is a youth organizing alliance led by students of color from across Chicago. Through VOYCE, young people have been leading a movement to transform what safety means in schools and communities, advancing a vision for healing-centered schools and communities.

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