Support for teachers and leaders navigating “the day after”

When election results reshape the world students live in, classrooms cannot pretend it's business as usual. Days After Elections explores how teachers have responded to moments of political upheaval - from crafting "shields of courage" with 4th graders to switching morning meetings to Spanish so students could name their fear in their own language.

Gun violence has become so routine that some students no longer remember specific shootings. On days after instances of mass tragedies, teachers try to create space to process tragedy as they try to be present with students in the aftermath of collective shock and grief.

Environmental disasters are shaped by neglect, policy, and injustice. Days After Environmental Crises looks at how teachers connect ecological and climate events to the broader social and political forces that determine who bears the burden of our collective environmental impact.

When stories of assault and discrimination dominate the news, students turn to the adults around them for context and support. Days After Gender Injustice explores how teachers have led honest conversations about consent, belief, and accountability from the Kavanaugh hearings to the everyday dynamics students navigate on social media and with their family and friends.

If teachers don't address racial injustice, students will through social media, often without context and sometimes without safety. Days After Racial Injustice centers the experiences of students and teachers navigating moments when Black lives, immigrant lives, and the lives of the marginalized are publicly disregarded, and asks what it looks like to refuse silence.

When racial violence makes national headlines, students of all backgrounds are affected - whether they see themselves in the victims or have never been asked to reckon with why it matters. Days After Racial Violence examines how teachers refuse silence and bring the ongoing struggle for Black lives and racial justice into honest classroom conversation.

From Charlottesville to the Capitol, white supremacist events force teachers to name what they are seeing even as administrators, colleagues, and community members may prefer they look away. Days After White Supremacist Events explores how teachers create space to examine hatred, history, and the democratic values students are asked to uphold.

Recent federal immigration policy, and the increased presence of ICE officers across the nation constitute an existential fear for immigrants, children of immigrants, and their friends and neighbors. Days After Immigration Injustice follows teachers who refuse to let federal rhetoric go unexamined, building classrooms where students can name their fear, access their rights, and find their voice.