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  • Students Share Their Thoughts on Bullying
    Students take time to reflect on how Not in Our School and Not in Our Town programs affected them. They discuss stereotyping, bullying, and their own experiences with intolerance.
  • No Human Being Was Born Illegal (2 min)
    Each year, Facing History teacher Jane Wooster asks the students in her classes to take on a "social action" project of their own choosing. This year, several of the students have chosen to conduct a lunch-time demonstration to draw attention to the use of the word "illegal" to describe undocumented immigrants, and start a school-wide conversation about the way immigrants are perceived in their community.
  • Students Map Bully Zones to Create a Safer School (3 min)
    At Orange High School in Pepper Pike, Ohio, students are mapping their school to locate the spaces where bullying takes place. After identifying the "bully hotspots," including the cafeteria, media lab, and locker rooms, students created a flash freeze demonstration to raise awareness about bullying, and opened the conversation about how to create a safer school.
  • Students Take On Cyberbullying (3 min)
    When Facing History teachers Jamie Lott and Mary Sok asked their World Cultures class about bullying at their school, the class described the hallways as safe. But after listening to a presentation given by hate crimes task force officer Dave D'Amico, they started a discussion about the widespread problem of online bullying, and how they as a class could take the first steps toward preventing it.
  • A Friday Night Light Against Bullying (Marshalltown, Iowa)
    High school football captains join their community in taking a Not In Our Town pledge to stand up to bullying and hate.
  • Lose Your Label (PSA)
  • We Will Destroy These Stereotypes (PSA)
  • High School Students React to Not In Our Town: Light In The Darkness
    Joe Lobozzo's class at Lakewood High School discuss the trailer of Light in the Darkness.
  • Students Take On Cyberbullying (8 min)
    When Facing History teachers Jamie Lott and Mary Sok asked their World Cultures class about bullying at their school, the class described the hallways as safe. But after listening to a presentation given by hate crimes task force officer Dave D'Amico, they started a discussion about the widespread problem of online bullying, and how they as a class could take the first steps toward preventing it.
  • Students Map Bully Zones to Create a Safer School (8 min)
    At Orange High School in Pepper Pike, Ohio, students are mapping their school to locate the spaces where bullying takes place. After identifying the "bully hotspots," including the cafeteria, media lab, and locker rooms, students created a flash freeze demonstration to raise awareness about bullying, and opened the conversation about how to create a safer school.
  • Art Students Picture a World Without Intolerance
    Palo Alto High School students use art to confront intolerance.
  • Acceptance
    In this student-created video, people share their experiences of being excluded and encourages the acceptance of diversity. Created by high school students from American University's Discover the World of Communication Summer Program held at University of California Berkeley during the Summer of 2011.
  • High School Students React to Not In Our Town: Light In The Darkness
    Joe Lobozzo's class at Lakewood High School discuss the trailer of Light in the Darkness.
  • Chukou Thao - ORGANIZE
    Thao, executive director of National Hmong American Farmers, immigrated to Fresno, CA with his family at age 8, after Laotian citizens were granted asylum in the US after the Vietnam war. Many of the first Hmong farmers suffered from discrimination, so Thao left his "cushy" job at the city of Fresno to ORGANIZE his community in a fight against injustice.
  • Auto Body Shop Owner Repairs Hearts After Hate Attack
  • Who Cares? I Do! Here's Why...
    Inspiring voices from the Not In Our Town Movement and why they care
  • Lowell High Students Dance Away Hate Group
    San Francisco students find a creative response to hate.
  • No Human Being Was Born Illegal (5 min)
    Each year, Facing History teacher Jane Wooster asks the students in her classes to take on a "social action" project of their own choosing. This year, several of the students have chosen to conduct a lunch-time demonstration to draw attention to the use of the word "illegal" to describe undocumented immigrants, and start a school-wide conversation about the way immigrants are perceived in their community.
  • We Will Destroy These Stereotypes (PSA)
  • Vajra Watson - PROTEST
    Vajra Watson founded SAYS: Sacramento Area Youth Speaks to give young people a voice through hip hop and spoken word. "We underestimate young people," Vajra says. "They're ready to grab the mic. Are we ready to listen?"