Not In Our School (NIOS) is a peer-to-peer learning program that uses film and storytelling to encourage safety and inclusion.

NIOS videos and online action tools open the conversation about bigotry and harassment, and engage students and teachers in activities that promote respect and acceptance for all.  Watch the videos in your classroom, with your extra-curricular group, or in a community event at your school.  Then tell us how you used them!  Add yourself to the map: Join your school's NIOS group.  If you don't have one yet, create it!  You don't have to fill in everything at first- once you get it started, your group members can help you.

Check out the Not In Our School Action Kit for key NIOS resources and activities, including:

• Facing History-designed curriculum for Not In Our School videos; make sure to take a look at Choosing To Participate, Facing History's new initiative that challenges us to think deeply about what democracy means and what it asks of each of us. (Facing History's Not In Our Town activities, educator resources, and discussion guide.)
• Pledge cards against bullying and harassment
• Tips for facilitating student forums and discussions

Local Lessons featuring students and teachers working to make their schools inclusive and safe for all:

• Starting A Not In Our School Campaign: Lessons from Palo Alto Unified School District
• We Do Raise Kids Like That Here: A Student Reflects on a Peer's Murder and His Community's Response
• Not In R' House: How Staff and Students at UC Riverside Are Working To Build a Safer and More Inclusive Campus
• Tomorrow's Leaders in the Fight Against Hate: Lessons for Engaging Diverse Youth in Hate Crime Prevention
• Youth Take A Stand Against Racism in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois

Not In Our School videos are another great way to get inspired by schools around the country:

• Students Teach Students to Stand Up to Bullying at Shaw High School in East Cleveland, OH.
• What Do You Say to "That's So Gay"? Palo Alto students challenge a troublesome saying.
• Raising The Curtain On Unity: Students in New York participate in an evening of performances dedicated to unity after the killing of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero in their town.
• Youth Lead the Fight Against Hate in Olympia, WA: High school students take action when a neo-Nazi group organizes in their town.
• Students Tune In And Speak Out: Middle school students use campus TV to watch Not In Our Town and hold a discussion about intolerance.
• Lakewood Is Changing: Students use video to engage with their community around the issue of changing racial demographics.
• Art Students Picture A World Without Intolerance: High School students design art projects to combat intolerance and stereotypes.
• Students Shattering Stereotypes: Illinois students organize a Not In Our School campaign including a school-wide assembly.

More videos - Curated from the community:

• The Interruption: A video produced by youth from the Bay Area Video Coalition's Digital Pathways Video Program.
  The Interruption tells the story of Bay Area youth Mario, his experiences of racial discrimination and how he chooses to interrupt the cycle of racism. Directed by youth filmmakers Binjie Huang and Luis Pachas.
• No More: A video produced by youth from the Bay Area Video Coalition's Digital Pathways Video Program. Told with care, bravery and beauty, No More shares the stories of Amikaeyla and Indy- two women, one adult and one high school student, who become targets of hate crimes because of their sexual identities. Directed by youth filmmakers Rosie Byers and Ashley Gonzalez.