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Beyond Differences in the News
- Better.net Mental Health and Kids: How Parents can Recognize Anxiety and Depressions Signs in Children
- Authority Magazine Interview with Laura Talmus of Beyond Differences
- Nob Hill Gazette The Fight to End Social Isolation
- VoyageLA Meet Beyond Differences
- San Francisco Chronicle Students Rally in Oakland
- North Bay Area Help for Thousands of Socially Isolated Teens
Beyond Differences Awards & Accolades
- 2018 AARP Purpose Prize Fellow: Laura Talmus
- Facebook Community Leadership Program: Youth Fellow
- 2017 California Teachers Association (CTA) State Gold Award: Community Leadership Prorgam
- 2017 Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC): Courageous Leadership Award
- North Bay Business Journal: Nonprofit Leadership Award
Social Isolation During COVID-19
- Journal of the American Acadamy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: Impact of Social Isolation on Mental Health of Children & Adolescents during COVID-19
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers: How Adolescents Use Social Media to Cope with Feelings of Loneliness and Anxiety During COVID-19 Lockdown
- Science Daily: Loneliness in Youth Could Impact Mental Health Over the Long Term
- Mayo Clinic: Helping Kids Cope with Loneliness During COVID-19
- Psychiatry Advisor: Home Alone: The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 Isolation on Infants. Children, and AdolescentsIsolation
Social Isolation in the News
- Forbes: 7 Ways Loneliness, And Connectedness, Affect Mental Health
- School Community Journal: Social Isolation in Middle School
- Governing: Loneliness May Be a Bigger Public Health Threat Than Smoking or Obesity
- NPR: Americans Are A Lonely Lot, And Young People Bear The Heaviest Burden
- Huffington Post: ‘A New ‘3 R’s’ for Back to School: Respect, Recognition, and Reciprocity
- Huffington Post: Friendships May Play A Huge Role In Depression Recovery
- Medical Daily: Being Alone vs. Being Lonely: The Psychological Effects Of Social Isolation On The Human Species
- Wall Street Journal: Social Isolation Damages Children
- New Republic: The Lethality of Loneliness
Social Emotional Learning
- What is SEL?: What is Social Emotional Learning?
- Why Social Emotional Learning is Suddenly in the Spotlight: Read the Pew Research Study
- Social Emotional Learning Should Be A Priority During COVID-19 Crisis: Experts Talk About the Importance of SEL During the Pandemic
- Teaching the ‘New’ COVID-19 Social Emotional Skills: Addressing SEL needs for Reopening of Schools
- The Importance of Social-Emotional Learning in Schools: SEL Inforgraphic
Stand Up for AAPI Youth
- NBC News Program Aims to Protect Aisan American Youth from Bullying
- KGO-TV Teen Star of Fresh Off The Boat
- SF Gate Regional Schools Asked to Fight Racism
- Marin Independent Journal Marin nonprofit Joins Fight Against Asian American Bigotry
- Next Shark Campaign Seeks to Protect Asian American Youth from Covid 19 Bullying
No One Eats Alone in the News
- Queens Courier: Bellerose school kicks off Respect for All Week with special guest from hit show ‘Fresh Off the Boat’
- KCTV-TV: Middle school students learn about impacts of social isolation
- WISH: Indiana students pledge to build new friendships during national ‘No One Eats Alone Day’
- Waterloo Courier: All Kids Included in No One Eats Alone Program
- KPTV (Portland:: No One Eats Alone Day promotes inclusion at Portland schools
- WKBW-TV (Olean, NY): Olean middle school students make sure others don’t eat lunch alone on Valentine’s Day
- Staten Island News: Staten Island students to participate in ‘No One Eats Alone Day
- KMOV (St. Louis): How 2 St. Louis schools are fighting social isolation
- Health Affairs: Legislation Can’t Solve Loneliness, But It Can Help
- Dear Abbey: Hidden in Plain Sight
- Telemundo (San Francisco, CA) Conoce el programa “nadie come solo” en escuelas de S
- WTHR-TV 13 News Team Shares Encouraging Meassages for Students on No One Eats Alone Day
- Chicago Tribune No Child Left Behind at Lunchtime
Be Kind Online in the News
- LA School Report Being Kind Online Takes on New Urgency
- News 12 Long Island LI Students Pledge to Combat Cyberbullying for Call It Out Day
- Dotopia Nonprofit Spotlight: Beyond Differences
- Sewanhaka Schools Newsletter
Know Your Classmates in the News
- KDPX: Beyond Differences Teen Board Members talk with the U.S. Surgeon General
- KTUV FOX: U.S. Surgeon General talks with Bay Area Teen Board Members on Know Your Classmates Day
- CBS KOIN – A conversation with the U.S. Surgeon General
- FOX 12: Portland Celebrates Know Your Classmates | Beverly Cleary
- Daily News LA Rams Touchdown at San Fernando Valley Schools with Message of Diversity
- YouTube LA Rams Celebrate Know Your Classmates
- NBC News Anti-Bullying Campaign Asks Students to ‘Know Your Classmates’
