Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends:

 

(1) Marriage issues are on the ballot this year in ME, MD, MN, NC & WA – web sites describe these and past ballot measures in other states

(2) Resources for teachers, especially in those 5 states, for keeping your classroom safe during political conversations

(3) Suggestions On Keeping Classroom Debates About Civil Marriage Civil … from the Safe Schools Coalition

 

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(1) Marriage issues are on the ballot this year in ME, MD, MN, NC & WA – web sites describe these and past ballot measures in other states

 

For information about what is on the ballot this November, go to http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/elections/same-sex-marriage-on-the-ballot.aspx and/or http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Marriage_initiatives

 

For an overview of current laws in the U.S., go to http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/human-services/same-sex-marriage-overview.aspx and/or http://www.hrc.org/marriage-center

 

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(2) Resources for teachers, especially in those 5 states, for keeping your classroom safe during political conversations

 

In addition to the marriage issue, Minnesotans will be voting on a constitutional amendment regarding “voter ID”/“voter suppression.”

 

Minnesota Schools Outreach Coalition prepared resources to urge teachers to inform, support, protect K-12 students during (and after) during these debates (re: marriage and voter IDs) and to provide some strategies and resources for that work. Most parts of what they prepared will be of use in other parts of the U.S. as well … and other parts of the world.

 

Supporting K-12 Students during the Minnesota Amendment Debates: http://mnschooloutreach.org/_mgxroot/page_10767.html
Resources: http://mnschooloutreach.org/_mgxroot/page_10768.html

 

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(3) Suggestions On Keeping Classroom Debates About Civil Marriage Civil … from the Safe Schools Coalition

 

Go to: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/KeepingClassroomDebatesAboutCivilMarriageCivil.pdf

 

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