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STEP 1: 5 MINUTES
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Genocide & Ethnic Cleansing
Colonization - When a powerful group invades a land and takes control over people who already live there.
Displaced - People forced to leave their home country due to violence or disaster.
Ethnic Group - People who share cultural history, language, traditions, genetics, and homelands.
Ethnic Cleansing - When groups forces an entire ethnic group out by scaring, hurting, and/or killing them.
Genocide - Destroying or killing the culture and/or people of an ethnic group.
Occupation - Invading someone's land and home without the permission of the people who already live there.
SMASH THE KYRIARCHY
Why Act Now?
Is there even anything we can do about big violent problems like ethnic cleansing and genocide?
Kids like you can pressure governments, industries, and occupying forces to end violence.
Let’s learn how these events shaped our history - and how they're still going on today.
We speak up - even when it's scary - because oppressors can only get away with hurting people if we stay silent.
Stay curious, and stand brave - these are hard topics to learn about. But you can turn your sadness and fear into good change, one small action at a time.
Ending Ethnic Cleansing & Genocide: Family Action Toolkit
For Kids Who Want To Make A Difference
OCCUPATION: Ages 4+
THE HOLOCAUST: Ages 5+
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: Ages 8+
Ages 11+
The Lord’s Resistance Army's abduction of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Ages 12+
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States For Young People
European genocide of the People of Turtle Island
GENOCIDE: Ages 9+
IMMIGRANTS BELONG HERE
Inclusive Kids Books About Immigration
STEP 2: 10 MINUTES
Ask Questions
Talk about this topic with an adult who you trust to be honest with you..
Where...
Where is your family from?
Are you Indigenous to this place you call home? If not - who was here before you?
Where are people being targeted by ethnic cleansing and genocide right now?
How...
How do these stories make you feel?
How do you want things to be different?
How is the government where you live helping or hurting people right now?
Who...
Who can you ask about your own family's history with displacement, ethnic cleansing, and genocide?
Who can you call or write to if you want to stop your government from hurting people now?
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STEP 3: USE WHAT YOU HAVE
Get Creative
Flex your brain using what you've learned & discover what's within your control to change.
Pre-K+
Get a Grip on Big Feelings
These are heavy topics, so you need to take care of yourself.
Imagine if world leaders had tools like you do, to process your grief, your fear, and your anger - before it turned to hate.
Elementary
Ending Displacement & Ethnic Cleansing Activity Book
All about you, your home, your family, and the people of the land we live on.
Elementary+
Ceija Stojka Inspired Painting
Create a Painting inspired by Austrian Romani artist Ceija Stojka, a self-taught artist, activist, musician, and survivor of the Holocaust.
“Stojka began painting at the age of 56 using unconventional painting implements like her fingers and toothpicks. She worked with 'everything that comes between [her] fingers,' including cardboard, glass jars, postcards, and salt dough.”- Wikipedia
Middle & High School
Understanding Art & Awareness
Find a genocide memorial local to you or use this student-created Genocide Memorial Project guide to analyze the artwork using this 'Memorials and Museums Graphic Organizer' by Echoes & Reflections. How does this memorial educate, honor, and remember those lost to genocide?
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IT'S STILL OKAY TO LAUGH
Hard conversations with humor & joy
Every month the Luminary Braintrust tackles a new member challenge to make talking about social justice easier in real life.
STEP 4: ASSESS YOUR CAPACITY
Step Into Your Power: Take Action
Whether it's time, money, or our voice - we all have something to contribute.
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Educator Guide
Teaching The Holocaust & Other Genocides
"Because of psychic numbing, argues Dr. Paul Slovic, when it comes to genocide, especially while responding to a current genocide, we may 'need to invoke our capacity for deliberate, rational thought, specifically moral argument, to guide us.'"
Via Colorado Education Department
Book Collection
The Myth of a First Thanksgiving
We have no right to stay on this land without taking responsibility for what we’ve broken, and taking action to repair it.
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GUIDE & VIDEOS
The 10 Stages of Genocide
We can prevent and stop genocide in its tracks. Learn how to identify the stages of genocide and how to counter them.
Via Genocide Watch
Guide & Workshop
How Do We Disrupt Generational Trauma?
Parenting toolkit, children's books, family activities & therapist workshop to help us become the generation who quits passing on our baggage.
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