Anti-Bias / Anti-Hate

Below is a list of anchor resources to support an investigation into root causes of Bias and Hate.

ANCHOR RESOURCE:

🚫 YPAR (Youth-led Participatory Action Research)
An innovative approach to positive youth and community development based in social justice principles in which young people are trained to conduct systemic research to improve their lives, their communities, and the institution intended to serve them.

The Project Plan
The Youth Development Institute has created a project Summer Project plan designed to assist providers in the implementation of an Anti-Bias / Anti Hate campaign that focuses on the discovery of to identify Bias, grasp and understanding of how Bias is communicated and the impact on the community. This plan uses content from the YPAR HUB as it’s key resource.

Informational Resources

🚫The YPAR hub Bias page provides content designed to inform participants of the everyday examples of bias that exist in our world.

Exploring Hate this Public Media Initiative from WNET provides videos that can watched with young people as a part of a broader dialogue. The Public Broadcast Site shows content associated with various forms of hate: Antisemitism, Racism and Extremism.

Exploration Resources

🚫The YPAR hub Community Mapping page provides content designed to support young people in the creation of a visual representation of their community to assist young people in developing an understanding of it’s current conditions. https://youtu.be/Yx5_QQHUNLk 

 🚫The YPAR hub survey page provides a look at how young people can use surveys as a means of collecting information from people within the community. Lessons are provided that will assist in the creation of surveys, how to test them, and administer them.

Taking Action

🚫 This section from the YPAR Hub will provide resources designed to help young people Act as a result of their exploration.

Sample Projects

🚫 Narrowing in on a research topic can be hard and requires thoughtful attention. Here we have lesson plans to help you define your issue focus.