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The YES! National Student Writing Competition

Students read and respond to a YES! article. Check out the winning essays from recent contests.

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Tough Topics Discussion Guides

Let’s Talk About Transgender Rights

Unsure about how to talk with your students about transgender rights and related issues, such as gender identity, media representation, transphobia, and antitrans legislation? Here are some resources to start the conversation.

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Student Writing Lessons

“Border (In)Security” Student Writing Lesson

Get your students writing about anti-immigrant policies and the dangers of unfair assumptions.

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Tough Topics Discussion Guides

Let’s Talk About Dirt

Unsure about how to talk about dirt—and its related issues like climate change, food access, and environmental injustice—with your students? Here are some resources to start the conversation.

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Writing Contest

Eight Brilliant Student Essays on Immigration and Unjust Assumptions

Read winning essays from our winter 2019 “Border (In)Security” student writing contest.

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Tough Topics Discussion Guides

Let’s Talk About Reproductive Justice

Today, reproductive rights are under attack. The Trump administration and Republican lawmakers have proposed legislation to limit full access to family planning, women’s health and abortion services, birth control, and comprehensive sex

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Writing Contest

Spring 2019 National Student Writing Competition: Three Things That Matter Most

The YES! National Student Writing Competition is an opportunity for middle school through university students to write something meaningful for an audience beyond the classroom and the chance to be published by

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