When you hear the words identity safety, you might immediately think it has something to do with “identity theft.” Identity theft refers to when someone steals your name and financial identity, so you can no longer use your credit cards or fully function as yourself. How would it affect you psychologically to have your identity stolen? Uncertain, defensive, afraid to trust?
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May 5, 2015 - 5:07pm
Five lucky Not In Our School (NIOS) middle school students were included in the May 4 press conference as Stephen Curry was named Most Valued Player for the National Basketball Association (NBA). These students were chosen for their NIOS leadership at their Bay Area schools.
May 4, 2015 - 10:10am
During the workshop, Julia and I screened the 30-minute documentary Waking in Oak Creek, created by Not in Our Town and the U.S. Department of Justice following the tragic gurdwara attack in a Sikh community on August 5th, 2012. The documentary discusses the idea of being an upstander: someone who actively seeks to change discourse around religion being harmful, instead of a bystander who watches these conversations happen without trying to change attitudes around religious difference. The documentary highlights the love and grace displayed by Sikh victims’ families and friends in the face of the attacker’s violent acts of hate.
April 29, 2015 - 9:09am
This blog is the second in a three-part series that links three important ideas—implicit bias, stereotype threat and identity safety—all backed by research. Republished with permission from Teaching Tolerance.
By Becki Cohn-Vargas
Not In Our School Director
April 28, 2015 - 10:10am
Last fall, Alexandria’s Inclusion Network conducted a two-day training for first-year law enforcement students at the Alexandria Technical and Community College. Graduates from the program frequently apply for the state patrol or end up serving at departments and agencies across the country, including border patrol.