Tag: schools

Grieving Uvalde: Young voters, this is your time

On By Feminist Asian Dad

TW: School violence.

Columbine High School (Columbine, Colorado), April 1999:
Students grieve the death of their friend Rachel, whose car remained in the school parking lot. 12 students and one teacher were killed; 21 other students suffered gunshot wounds.

In the national grief that, for the zillionth time, envelops us after an act of mass murder at an American school, house of worship, shopping center, or other public gathering place, my thoughts return to high schoolers, college students, and other young adults. These are the people I have spent most of my time with throughout my adult life, as I’ve worn the vocational hats of teacher, minister, activist, and now, once again, teacher.

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Stop Sexual Assault in Schools Now Has Resources in Chinese!

On By Feminist Asian Dad

My friends Esther Warkov and Joel Levin and their team at the nonprofit Stop Sexual Assault in Schools (SSAIS) have worked for many years to provide resources and advocacy on matters of sexual harassment, assault, and rape in K-12 schools. Now they’re pleased to provide several of their resources translated into Chinese!

Xinyi He (何心怡), a Rutgers University grad student and an Indiana University alumna, has been working as an intern for SSAIS, and she has done the marvelous work of rendering several of SSAIS’ publications into Simplified Chinese. She’s also written and created other Chinese-language and culturally-friendly resources for SSAIS, too! I’m delighted to share some of them here.

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