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Important Links
Note: Opinons expressed by these organizations are not necessarily those of APC. They are provided only as a resource for examining issues related to character education...
Atlanta Diversity Managers Affinity Group
National Association of School Psychologists
Anti-Defamation League
The immediate object of the League is to stop the defamation of the Jewish people, promote civil rights and combat hate. Its ultimate purpose is to secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens alike and to put an end forever to unjust and unfair discrimination against and ridicule of any sect or body of citizens.
About Partners Against Hate
Partners Against Hate offers promising education and counteraction strategies for young people and the wide range of community-based professionals who work and interact with youth, including parents, law enforcement officials, educators, and community/business leaders.
Aesthetic Realism Foundation
The Aesthetic Realism Foundation is a not-for-profit educational foundation established in 1973 to teach and have known the kind and needed education founded by the American philosopher and poet Eli Siegel in 1941.
Character Counts!
CHARACTER COUNTS! is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian character-education framework that teaches the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. The CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition includes thousands of schools, communities and nonprofit organizations
Character Education Organizations and Programs.
THE CENTER FOR THE 4TH AND 5TH RS serves as a regional, state, and national resource in character education. A national movement, character education is essential to the task of building a moral society and developing schools that are civil and caring communities.
Community2000:A National Project to Strengthen Communities in the 21st Century
Finding a new home is the promise of the American Dream. But for too many families, it's a nightmare of harassment, threats, intimidation, and even violence. It takes communities taking action to prevent, respond to, and reconcile the tensions that arise when people exercise their fair housing rights.
Educators for Social Responsibility
ESR supports teachers, principals, and leadership teams in the essential work of helping students develop the intellectual, social, and self-management skills to make a successful transition to high school, continue their education, and become lifelong learners and responsible citizens.
Safe Schools Coalition
The mission of The Safe Schools Coalition: A Public-Private Partnership in Support of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth is to help schools - at home and all over the world - become safe places where every family can belong, where every educator can teach, and where every child can learn, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.
Simon Wiesenthal Center
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust by fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action. The Center confronts important contemporary issues including racism, antisemitism, terrorism and genocide and is accredited as an NGO both at the United Nations and UNESCO. With a membership of over 400,000 families, the Center is headquartered in Los Angeles and maintains offices in New York, Toronto, Miami, Jerusalem, Paris and Buenos Aires.
Teaching Tolerance
Founded in 1991 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance provides educators with free educational materials that promote respect for differences and appreciation of diversity in the classroom and beyond.
YouthWEB Online
YouthWeb unites youngsters, teens and adults from diverse backgrounds and communities in the fight against bias, bigotry and prejudice. Young people can report hate-related incidents and get assistance along with information about hate crimes, school violence, discrimination and human rights.
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