Below is a Compiled List of some of our Empowering Resources by topic:
◊ Organizations ◊ LGBTQI ◊ Presence ◊ Books ◊ Creativity ◊
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Children's Book Press - a nonprofit publisher of multicultural and bilingual literature for children. Maya has collaborated with this press on many books, including her most recent book that she both wrote and illustrated, I Know the River Loves Me.
National Art Education Association - the leading professional organization for art educators in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 as well as college and university professors and researchers, administrators, and museum educators. The mission of NAEA is to promote art education through professional development, service, advancement of knowledge, and leadership.
CoAction Connection - provides impactful learning experiences and tools to individuals and organizations enabling people to build common ground and new understandings across cultural differences.
EdChange - is dedicated to diversity and equity in schools, organizations, communities, society. They believe that true change can happen only when people, and particularly people with power, allow themselves to be vulnerable to difficult, and sometimes uncomfortable, dialogue.
Teaching Tolerance - One of the primary goals of Teaching Tolerance is to advance and support the creation of inclusive and equitable K-12 school communities.
COLAGE - a national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) parent/s. COLAGE builds community and works toward social justice through youth empowerment, leadership development, education, and advocacy.
Gender Spectrum - provides education, training and support to help create a gender sensitive and inclusive environment for all children and teens. They put on an annual conference devoted to the needs of families raising kids who do not conform to society’s traditional gender expectations.
Peter Levine: Somatic Experiencing® - developed by Dr. Peter Levine, Somatic Experiencing® is based upon the realization that human beings have an innate ability to overcome the effects of trauma. SE® restores self-regulation, and returns a sense of aliveness, relaxation and wholeness. Our Claiming Face curriculum embeds some of the tools of SE® into the philosophy.
Eckhart Tolle - one of the leading authors discussing the transformative and dynamic effects of presence on life and consciousness.
Summerhill School: A New View of Childhood - by A.S. Neill
Neill is the founder of Summerhill School, a radical "free school" located in Suffolk, England that is now run by Neill's daughter, Zoë. Founded in 1921, it continues to be an influential model for progressive, democratic education around the world.
Creativity in the curriculum - Excerpt from the article: A school with creativity at the heart of the learning process will benefit by increasing the motivation of staff and pupils, says former head, Dave Weston. In this article and case study, he shows the way to more imaginative approaches to curriculum planning.
Our Newest ReleaseS:
The Gender Now Coloring Book is finally here! This body-positive coloring book explores gender in its many forms, giving children and adults alike a framework to talk about gender expression and identity.
Advance copies available now!>>
CLAIMING FACE™: The Educator's Guide. Written by Maya Gonzalez, this is the first from our Claiming Face series and is specifically geared to educators to assist in bringing the Claiming Face philosophy and practice into the classrooom. Read more>>
maya's Latest Children's book:
I Know the River Loves Me, now available through Children's Book Press. View the video of the book as it is read to a group of children.
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