By Kate Okeson with Amy Moran, Ph. D. This is being written in the days shortly after the General Election, where the stakes felt high for education, which was evident…
By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson Amy joined Bergen County Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Consortium co-founder Will Andresen to present “Visibility: Seeing and Supporting LGBTQIA+ Community Members in…
By Kate Okeson and Amy Moran, Ph. D. This year, we challenge YOU to make queer history in ways you haven’t before! Consider adding some of these affirmations of…
By Kate Okeson and Amy Moran, Ph. D. A common thread woven through Rainbow Connection articles is highlighting what educators have done and can do in classrooms across New…
…at the NJEA Carol Watchler LGBTQIA+ Advocacy Conference By Amy Moran, Ph. D. and Kate Okeson The Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Committee’s first overnight conference last month was a…
Educator organizing and activism By William Andresen with Amy Moran, Ph. D. and Kate Okeson William Andresen is a social studies teacher and Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) adviser at…
By Kate Okeson and Amy Moran, Ph.D., with Martha Hickson, MLIS April is School Library Month. Libraries and media centers are essential resources—places to connect and find refuge. They’re also…
By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson Has any mascot—bulldog, cougar or tiger—ever stood up for you in a terrifying moment in which you were being verbally, emotionally or…
An interview with Adjua Lafleur By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson With seven years in education, currently teaching college preparatory biology at Washington Township High School, Adjua…
By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson International Holocaust Remembrance Day With International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, we have the sobering opportunity to reflect on political…