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• Empowering Children in the Aftermath of Hate
  A Guide for Educators and Parents
   
• Read Across America
   
• Worlds Aids Day - December 1, 2002

Visit National PTA's web site at www.pta.org.

 

 

****Empowering Children in the Aftermath of Hate****
A Guide for Educators and Parents

Empowering Children in the Aftermath of Hate: A Guide for Educators and Parents contains information for parents and educators. There are activities for preschoolers, elementary, and high-school-aged students for parents to use in helping their children understand the importance of cultural diversity. The guide can be ordered or downloaded by visiting Court TV’s website at www.courttv.com/choices.

Additionally, this guide can be used in conjunction with the National PTA resources, Respecting Differences Resource Guide and the “Respecting Differences to Find Common Ground” in Programs to Go. Both of these resources can be found respectively on National PTA’s website at: www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/helpchild/respectdiff/  and on the members’ site.

 

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READ ACROSS AMERICA 2003

For the sixth year, the National Education Association (NEA) is sponsoring Read Across America on March 3, 2003, to commemorate DR. Suess’ birthday.

National PTA, along with more than a dozen other national organizations, such as the American Library Association, the Learning First Alliance, the National Center for Family Literacy, and ASPIRA, has again joined in partnership with NEA to call for every child in every community in America to engage in a reading activity on that date.

Everyone talks about reading to their children but too often it gets lost in the shuffle of busy lives. One hope of this celebration is to generate enough enthusiasm for reading on this day to encourage reading every other day of the year as well. While the Read Across America celebration will motivate children to read, it will not be an isolated effort. NEA and other partner organizations plan on other major efforts and activities to hopefully continue the momentum generated by this event.

Read Across America has prepared a kit, which includes announcements, and helpful materials, such as calendars, pamphlets, camera-ready artwork, posters, reproducible certificates of participation, bookmarks, and resources in Spanish to help you get started with this exciting campaign. You can access and print all of the campaign materials at www.nea.org/readacross

 

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November 14, 2002

TO:	Board of Directors Committee Members National Council of States State Presidents State Offices
FROM:	Gabriella Hayes, Program Manager
RE:	World AIDS Day Observance

**** World AIDS Day*****
Stigma and Discrimination

December 1, 2002

World AIDS Day will be held Dec. 1, 2002, and will be observed worldwide to increase awareness on HIV/AIDS. World AIDS Day began in 1988 as a day to focus attention on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. 

This year’s theme for World AIDS Day is "Stigma and Discrimination." The stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS continues the affect prevention efforts, leading people to deny risk, avoid treatment, and suffer needlessly. To help parents talk to their children about tough topics such as HIV/AIDS, visit our website at www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/healthsafety/index. 

Coming later this month is National PTA’s World AIDS Day mini website. This site will contain information, quizzes, activities, and resources for parents to use when talking with their children about HIV/AIDS.

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