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New trailers for Respect for All Project titles!



By Brittney Shepherd, Staff Producer | It's Elementary, It's STILL Elementary, LGBT, Latest News, Let's Get Real

Just a note to say that we have some great new Respect for All Project trailers that are now up on YouTube and the New Day Films website. If you’ve been curious about these films in the past and need a reminder of their power, these trailers are a great reminder! Check them out and let us know what you think!

Tennessee Bill Would Ban LGBT Discussions in Classrooms



By Brittney Shepherd, Staff Producer | It's Elementary, Latest News

Last November, the GroundSpark team was in Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee with our Respect For All Project workshops. We heard teachers and social workers and counselors tell us of their desire to help the youth they work with overcome prejudice and hate. They also told us how a proposition to mandate english-only policies was dividing their community. The policy was eventually defeated, but we were shocked to hear this week that our allies in Tennessee will now have to heal from another divisive bill introduced in their state legislature.

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