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In-Home Learning: Poetry, Queerness and Childhood Acceptance<\/b>
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Welcoming Schools Wednesdays: Activities and Resources for Inclusive Learning at Home<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each week while most students are out of school due to COVID-19, HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools will offer a book and a related activity adapted from our teacher lesson plans for parents to use with children at home. Our featured books will focus on Welcoming Schools themes: embracing all families, being an ally and respecting differences inclusive of LGBTQ identities. Don’t have the book? Don’t worry! We will provide a link to online readings to each book.<\/p>\n

Week 2: Join Us As We Celebrate National Poetry Month!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Post submitted by: William Whitmire, HRC Communications Coordinator<\/p>\n

This week, HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools program is excited to celebrate National Poetry Month. Founded in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National Poetry Month<\/a> is the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, poets and communities coming together to celebrate poetry’s essential place in our lives.<\/p>\n

Poetry offers people the ability to express how they feel, who they are and what they aspire to be. As acclaimed LGBTQ poet and advocate Audre Lorde wrote, “My poetry comes from the intersection of me and my world.”<\/p>\n

We’re excited to feature some of our favorite poems and artwork created by third graders using the  Welcoming Schools “Social Justice Acrostic Poem” lesson plan. <\/a><\/p>\n

No Matter What by tw<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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no matter what you look like, you matter.<\/p>\n

no matter who you are, you can make a difference,<\/p>\n

the world matters.<\/p>\n

you can make a really awesome world.<\/p>\n

Malala by NC<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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M<\/strong>aker of schools<\/p>\n

A<\/strong>wesome at speaking to millions of people<\/p>\n

L<\/strong>over of education<\/p>\n

A<\/strong>mazing at school<\/p>\n

L<\/strong>ots of education<\/p>\n

A<\/strong>nd that is the end of the poem MALALA<\/p>\n

Be You by HT<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Be you,<\/p>\n

be what you love,<\/p>\n

Be you,<\/p>\n

be bold,<\/p>\n

be bright,<\/p>\n

Shine in the light.<\/p>\n

Activity: Make Your Own Acrostic Poem and Artwork!<\/strong><\/p>\n

An acrostic poem is a poem where certain letters in each line spell out a word or phrase. In this activity, we’ll be using the first letter of each line. <\/p>\n

And remember — a poem is just words that you put together to show how you feel, or create something fun and new with your imagination. It doesn’t have to be any particular form or way. <\/p>\n