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19 Resources and Ideas to Celebrate the MLK Day of Service

Here are some ways you can serve–virtually or in person–on MLK Day.

The TFA Editorial Team

Resources and Ideas to Celebrate MLK Day of Service Virtually

The U.S. Launched a War Against Indigenous Children. My Father Survived.

Native American boarding schools in the U.S. were part of a systematic attempt to erase Indigenous language and culture.

James Courage Singer

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Ethnic Studies, Salt Lake Community College

Mer Young

Illustrator

An illustration of a Indigenous person in front of a collage of historical images from the Native American boarding school era

A Family Finds Freedom Through Lakota Language

Winona Little Owl narrates her family’s story of learning their Native language, Lakota, and how the journey helped them reclaim their freedom.

A photograph of a young woman smiling in the desert

Winona Little Owl

Director

Leah Nichols

Animator

Faviola Leyva

Video Producer

An illustration of a young woman standing in the middle of a field of flowers.

Juneteenth Through a Teacher’s Lens

A photo essay of Black Independence Day celebrations in two Dallas neighborhoods

Joel Serin-Christ

Author

Elroy "EJ" Johnson

Photographer

During the Juneteenth march in South Dallas a marcher raises his fist as the African American flag using the Pan-African colors wave.

Students Labeled 'Asian' Are Not a Monolith. Why Are Schools Treating Them That Way?

States and K–12 schools still lump disparate groups of students together as “Asian” when collecting and disaggregating data. It’s a problem.

Sabrina Toppa

Author

Dustin Chambers

Photographer

How a Lawsuit Brought Pandemic Relief to Low-Income North Carolina Families

A community teamed up to get $5.5 million of COVID relief into the hands of families who needed it most.

Jessica Fregni

Writer-Editor, One Day

Maria Burke

Illustrator

Illustration of three houses two of which have dollar bills on them

A Year of Pandemic Learning at One New Orleans-Area School

Everything changed for Laureate Academy Charter School when COVID-19 arrived. Here’s how the school community coped with a year of teaching, learning, and living through the pandemic.

Jessica Fregni

Writer-Editor, One Day

Erik Jansen

Illustrator

An illustration shows an online classroom on the left of the image, and a school on the right, symbolizing the struggles schools have had with keep schools open due to COVID-19.

Tearing Down Barriers By Building Up People

For Black History Month, Black educators share how they are embracing culture as they lead, and why that matters.

Marquita Brown

Senior Editor, One Day Digital

A black female teacher Is Featured in a decorative yellow circle beside a black male young student in a decorative blue circle

The Benefits of Family Empowerment Nights

Get a peek at how two schools collaborated on family empowerment nights that brought the community together.

Madeleine Burry

Parent and child at Family Empowerment Night

Keeping Hope Alive Through Dance

When a pandemic interrupted this Kentucky senior's plans to compete and dance around the country, she brought the rhythm to her hometown instead.

Paula Ann Solis

A woman mid air with legs tucked back performing a dance move with students