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Making Schools Safe for LGBTQ Teens with Elizabeth Saewyc

May 25, 2015 by ssradmin

Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc is a researcher who studies the impact of stigma on adolescents. Her research has demonstrated that when schools are made safer for LGBTQ kids, they are safer for everyone, including the largest group targeted by anti-gay bullying: straight boys.

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: Adolescence, adolescent, Bullying, education, Gay, gay straight alliance, GSA, LGBTQ teens, safety, School, school culture, Teens

Childhood Humiliation

May 11, 2015 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio looks at the ways children are humiliated in school, both intentionally and inadvertently, and how it can significantly impact the way they feel about themselves well into adulthood.

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: childhood, childhood trauma, education, mental health, school culture, school system, Shame, stigma, teacher, teaching, Teens

Waking Up White (Part 2) with Debby Irving

December 29, 2014 by ssradmin

Racial justice educator Debby Irving discusses the interpersonal dynamics of racism—especially in friendships, in “white spaces” like schools and offices, and even around the dinner table. Debby gives concrete suggestions on how to shift these dynamics in useful ways.

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Filed Under: Conflict, Emotions, Social Justice Tagged With: blackness, education, Friendship, inter-racial relationships, interracial relationships, race, racial justice, Racism, waking up white, white fragility, White Privilege, Whiteness

Waking Up White (Part 1) with Debby Irving

December 22, 2014 by ssradmin

Debby Irving is a racial justice educator and author of the book Waking Up White. She talks about the way her world was shaken when she began understanding the extent to which her whiteness has been crucial to her success in life. She also details the ways in which her new ability to engage in …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Social Justice Tagged With: blackness, difficult conversations, education, interracial relationships, race, racial justice, Racism, waking up white, White Privilege, Whiteness

The System of Racism (Part 2) with Paul Marcus

December 15, 2014 by ssradmin

Anti-racism educator Paul Marcus talks about how the history of discrimination by government, banking, business, education, and housing institutions has resulted in enormous disparities in wealth between white and Black communities, and how we can address questions of white guilt and police bias.

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Filed Under: Conflict, Social Justice Tagged With: activism, blackness, education, inequality, institutional racism, interracial relationships, law enforcement, police, race, racial justice, Racism, system, teaching, white fragility, White Privilege, Whiteness

Unpacking White Privilege (Part 2) with Peggy McIntosh

November 24, 2014 by ssradmin

In the second episode of Safe Space Radio featuring Peggy McIntosh, she talks about the five phases of understanding white privilege, and how white people can use their unearned advantage to work against the system which perpetuates it.

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Filed Under: Conflict, Social Justice Tagged With: activism, education, race, racial justice, Racism, White Privilege, Whiteness

Stories from LGBTQ Teens

April 7, 2014 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features multiple stories from young people about how they came out to themselves and others.

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: allies, coming out, education, gay straight alliance, GSA, LGBTQ, queer, School, teacher, teenagers, Teens

Parents and Teachers as Allies with Sue and Abby

March 17, 2014 by ssradmin

Sue, a mother of a transgender teen, and Abby, a teacher who advises her school’s Gay-Straight-Trans Alliance, talk about what they’ve learned about supporting the young LGBTQ people in their lives.

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: coming out, conversation, education, Gay, gay straight alliance, GSA, High School, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Issues, Parenting, queer, Sexuality, teacher, teenagers, Teens, transgender rights, transitioning

Getting Beyond Bullying with Kyle

March 10, 2014 by ssradmin

16-year-old Kyle talks about how he went from being bullied in middle school to becoming the face of the Gay-Straight-Trans Alliance in his high school.

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Filed Under: Conflict, Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: Bullying, childhood, education, gay straight alliance, GSA, LGBTQ, mental health, middle school, queer, School, teenagers, Teens

Transitioning with Aiden

March 3, 2014 by ssradmin

Transgender teen Aiden talks about how he entered high school as a girl, gradually came to understand that he had always been a boy, and how he made that transformation real.

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: education, gay straight alliance, gay straight trans alliance, Gender, GSA, High School, LGBTQ, queer, School, Teachers, teenagers, Transgender teens, transitioning

Speaking Up with Sianna

February 24, 2014 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features a conversation with lesbian high schooler Sianna about how she has taken a stand against homophobia in situations where no one else was on her side, and why she’s glad she had to.

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality, Social Justice Tagged With: advocacy, allies, education, gay straight alliance, GSA, High School, Homophobia, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Issues, queer, teenagers, Teens

Emotional Abuse in Violent Homes with Brie Masselli

April 29, 2013 by ssradmin

Child advocate Brie Masselli discusses her own experience growing up in a home with domestic violence. Brie tells the story of running to school to escape her stepfather’s violent outbursts, and how her childhood struggles in and out of school were missed by those who might have helped. Brie speaks about the ways that children …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: advocacy, childhood trauma, Domestic Violence, education, Emotional Abuse, Parents, resiliency, step-families

High School Friendships with Maria Padian

February 13, 2013 by ssradmin

Maria Padian is author of Out of Nowhere, about friendships between Somali and Franco-Catholic high school students in Maine. Maria talks about her own experience with four immigrant grandparents, and how different it is to come here as an immigrant, eager to build a new life, than to come as a refugee, having had to …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict Tagged With: asylum seekers, difficult conversations, education, Friendship, immigrant, Immigration & Refugees, Refugees, refugees and asylum seekers, School, somalia, students, teenagers

Violence and Shame with Jim Gilligan

April 25, 2012 by ssradmin

Safe Space Radio interviews psychiatrist Dr. Jim Gilligan, a former mental health director for the prison system in Massachusetts and the author of three books on violence. Dr. Gilligan reports that many of his patients speak about violence as their only means of reclaiming pride or self-esteem. He also observes that punishment tends to generate …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Emotions, Mental Health Tagged With: criminal justice system, education, Incarceration, prison system, psychiatric care, self esteem, Violence

Homophobia in Schools with Betsy Parsons

July 1, 2009 by ssradmin

Educator Betsy Parsons talks about her decision to come out as a teacher in the public school system in Portland, Maine. She talks about the impact of verbal and physical harassment on gay and lesbian students and how powerfully it affects their ability to learn and to feel safe in school. She now co-leads GLSEN, …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Sexuality, Social Justice Tagged With: Bullying, education, gay straight alliance, GLSEN, GSA, harrassment, High School, Homophobia, LGBTQ, public school, queer youth, teenagers, Teens, transphobia

Substance Abuse Prevention in Schools with Ronnie Katz

May 20, 2009 by ssradmin

Ronnie Katz is the director of substance abuse prevention for the city of Portland. Ronnie describes her own story of getting into recovery and how programs in schools that help kids know who they are and connect with their own feelings help protect them from addiction.

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Filed Under: Mental Health Tagged With: education, School, substance abuse prevention, substance use, teenagers, Teens, underage

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