Dignity is the foundation of social and emotional skills and essential for all of us to thrive and succeed. However, we are rarely taught the power of dignity or the skills to put dignity into practice.
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Using dignity as a framework to navigate conflict and analyze behavior requires a radical shift in thinking. Here’s how we start.
Creating space for young people to share opinions and disagree with each other is the foundation for educating future generations of engaged citizens who are capable of civil discourse. Unfortunately,...
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Lots of schools experiment with curricula to teach kids social and emotional skills. But what tends to happen is, teachers are thrown in front of a group of middle schoolers and it’s assumed they know what to do. “Owning Up” is distinctive in that it starts with training teachers, helping them learn to identify and manage their own emotions.
Dignity gives us a new path forward to build the relationships we must have. Our schools depend on it. Our communities depend on it.
Founder of Cognitive, Andrew Park, shares the process and challenges of animating dignity – bringing large and to grasp the concept to life.
“Respect your elders.” It’s an adage woven into our collective cultures. But this generation of young people sees ‘respect’ very differently and isn’t accustomed to hearing the word ‘dignity’. These...
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Cultures of Dignity's co-founder, Rosalind Wiseman, spoke with the Anti-Defamation League's No Place For Hate Coordinators on how to confront bias in the classroom. In this webinar, Rosalind addresses: bullying vs...
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How to Survive the Holidays with Dignity The holidays are hard. Here are realistic ways to get through them while keeping your dignity and sanity intact. 1. Be...
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Respect vs Dignity What’s the difference between respect vs dignity? Does it matter? Understanding the difference is essential and a key reason why we are struggling so much as...
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Charlie Kuhn is the CEO & Co-Founder of Cultures of Dignity. Charlie was asked to share how we can reframe and better understand what it means to strive for cultures...
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Dignity and Respect Dignity and respect - Words with profound meaning but they’re also words that young people usually hear when adults are lecturing them or correcting their behavior. So...
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Respecting the Dignity of Words Dignity. Respect. Courage. They’re all words with profound meaning and they’re also regularly not really understood or internalized by young people when we teach...
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This article originally appeared in Times-Republican here. By Joa Laville This has been a very difficult and confusing week for so many in our community, with people feeling everything from...
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Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls created an awesome video about the importance of changing the conversation around misogyny and sexual violence as seen in Donald Trumps comments this election season. Check…
