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Sustainability
Teach your students about the environment, from stewardship to climate justice.
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Social Justice
Teach your students about equity, inclusion, and building a world that works for all.
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Respect & Empathy
Teach your students to treat everyone with compassion and dignity.
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Lessons
Help your students connect with real-world issues and reflect on their values.
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Lessons
Teach your students to interpret a single image with playfulness and imagination.
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Discussion Guides
Talk with your students about things that matter, even when they’re complicated.
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Tough Topics Discussion Guides
Let’s Talk About Anti-Blackness
Resources for talking with students about anti-Black racism and related issues like colorism, U.S. history of slavery, and police brutality.
Tough Topics Discussion Guides
Let’s Talk About Mass Incarceration
And related issues like race, poverty, and punishment.
“Why Bother to Vote?” Student Writing Lesson
Is not voting a responsible option in a presidential election?
The YES! National Student Writing Competition
Students read and respond to a YES! article. Check out the winning essays from recent contests.
The Latest
Writing Contest
Winter 2018: “Less Stuff, More Heart” University Winner Remy Stewart
Read Remy’s essay, “To Walk the World on Trembling Legs,” about traveling while disabled and disrupting the notion of “go as you please” that many take for granted.
Writing Contest
Winter 2018: “Less Stuff, More Heart” Powerful Voice Winner Rhys Hardiman-Mostow
Read Rhys’s essay, “A Break From Racism,” about standing up to racism as a young Black woman with big dreams.
Writing Contest
Winter 2018: “Less Stuff, More Heart” Powerful Voice Winner Jake Hill
Read Jake’s essay, “Kayla,” about the experience of unexpected loss and learning to trust the journey.
Writing Contest
Winter 2018: “Less Stuff, More Heart” Powerful Voice Winner Heriberto Nava
Read Heriberto’s essay, “Same Dreams, Different President,” about using the power of his voice to stand up for immigrants and DACA recipients, especially those he holds close.
Writing Contest
Winter 2018: “Less Stuff, More Heart” Literary Gems
We received many outstanding essays for the Winter 2018 Writing Competition. Though not every participant can win the contest, we’d like to share some excerpts that caught our eye.
Writing Contest
Christopher Zumski Finke’s Response to “Less Stuff, More Heart” Essay Winners
Christopher Zumski Finke responds to the winners of our Winter 2018 Student Writing Competition.
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