Tips & Tools October 12, 2021

Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism

Curated by Nicoda Adams

Laura E. Gómez

“In this audacious effort to reframe the often-confused and misrepresented discourse over the Latinx generation, Gómez provides essential context for today’s most pressing political and public debates—representation, voice, interpretation, and power—giving all of us a brilliant framework to engage cultural controversies, elections, current events, and more. A treasure trove of information on the latinx community for all educators, activists, and allies.

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The Power of Four Simple Words

“Language has a lot of power.” It turns out that using—and avoiding—certain words can reframe the way we relate to our littlest loved ones. Brevity is the soul of wit? It may also be at the heart of better relationships.” This article, while focused around our relationships...

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How to Encourage Collaboration in Kids Through Cooperative Play

Watching kids work and play together is a wonderful thing, and their ability to cooperate with others can have a big impact on the kind of person they grow up to be. It’s a particularly important stage of a toddler’s development as it is only at this...

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La Familia Counseling Center

This week as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month we want to give a giant shout out to La Familia Counseling Center for their tireless efforts to make sure that community members received the assistance needed to stay in their homes after the eviction moratorium for California...

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The Importance of Social Connection

This week’s Too Dope is all about the importance of our connections to other people. As we continue moving back into more traditional social settings its important we scaffold for success. Social connections are really about the feeling of closeness or belonging. Shape Your Happiness has...