Nourishing Community

Students engage family members in sharing stories of their history, dreams, or struggles - and share these stories with their peers. 

A powerful article making the case for social and emotional learning, by Morningside board member Robert Kim.

In their article in AfterSchool Today, Morningside's Bryanna Kolja and Sully Diaz share strategies for creating after-school programs where every student feels they belong.

It takes time and patience and attention. It takes a coalition of the willing, purveyors of hope, and believers.

Educators learn about the neuroscience of storytelling and experience for themselves a storytelling activity they can use with students. The activity is the first session in our new guide, Teaching as an Act of Solidarity: A Beginner’s Guide to Equity in Schools.

Self-care isn’t just an essential part of communal care, it is what makes community possible.

Being listened to helps human beings in profound ways. If listening exchanges are happening regularly, and with fidelity, there will be enough space for students to begin to really share their emotions.

Being listened to helps human beings in profound ways. It's useful to have students to participate in listening exchanges about anger when no one is angry. This will give students the opportunity to explore what makes them angry, what makes them feel that way, and identify where it comes from.

This video and set of guidelines will give you and your students a chance to practice active listening and discuss the importance of taking equal turns and keeping the content of listening exchanges confidential.  

Being listened to helps human beings in profound ways. This video and set of guidelines will give you and your students a chance to practice active listening through an "equal listening exchange."