So many of us are cycling through grief and rage as we mourn the murders in Buffalo, Laguna Woods, and Uvalde. I'm hoping you will allow whatever feelings you have - let the tears flow, accept and embrace your anger, and allow feelings of hopelessness to be what they are for now. We will be taking action soon - all of us together and individually. For now, if you have regular circle practice, it can be good to hold space for our young people to share what is on their minds. Andrea So and I wrote circles this week to support you in holding space for national tragedies (adapted from Circle Forward). 

This week is Immigrant Pride Week of Action! Check out the amazing resources from the BPS Office of Multilingual and Multicultural Education (OMME), the BTU Unafraid Educators Committee, PAIR, and the Mayor's Office for Immigrant Advancement. I wrote a restorative justice circle called "To Immigrants with Love" several years ago that students always enjoy (doc version and slides version). 

- GLSEN has amazing resources for celebrating pride, and they also have weekly actions we can take. 

- The United Federation of Teachers has great resources, including several lesson plans

- PBS has a wonderful collection of films and episodes to celebrate pride month 

- I'm going to work on a pride circle this week and share next week, so please email me with ideas for questions/rounds, poems, songs, videos, quotes, or any suggestions!