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Types of Days After

A "Day After" occurs whenever a major event interrupts the lives of our students and communities. Each type demands its own pedagogical response — rooted in the same commitment to justice, care, and refusing silence.

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Elections

Days After Elections

When election results reshape the world students live in, classrooms cannot pretend it's business as usual — from "shields of courage" to morning meetings in Spanish so students could name their fear.

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Mass Tragedies

Days After Mass Tragedies

Creating space to process collective grief when students arrive carrying shock, fear, and the weight of the unthinkable.

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Environmental Disasters

Days After Environmental Disasters

Connecting ecological events to the social and political forces that shape who bears the burden.

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Gender Injustice

Days After Gender Injustice

Honest conversations about consent, belief, and accountability when students need more than silence.

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Racial Injustice

Days After Racial Injustice

Centering the experiences of students when Black lives, immigrant lives, and the marginalized are publicly disregarded.

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Racial Violence

Days After Racial Violence

Refusing silence and bringing the ongoing struggle for racial justice into honest classroom conversation.

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White Supremacist Events

Days After White Supremacist Events

From Charlottesville to the Capitol — naming what they are seeing even when administrators and communities prefer they look away. Creating space to examine hatred, history, and democratic values.

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Immigration Injustice

Days After Immigration Injustice

Building classrooms where students can name their fear, access their rights, and find their voice in the face of federal rhetoric and the presence of ICE.

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