OUR MISSION
Standing up to hate is hard.
Together, we can do it.
Nonprofit Minnesota-based Courage Coalition engages young people in conversations about empathy and Upstander behavior using award-winning literature, performance art and social action activities. We provide free teaching lessons and books to classrooms across North America. Read more about our first project, the “Milkweed Film + Holocaust Education Project” here.
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Read what our teachers have to say
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It teaches my students humanity and empathy. It reminds them we all have struggles and it's what you do with those moments that matter.
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Even though it is a tough subject, it is written in a way that allows children to learn about what took place through the eyes of an innocent child, which makes it more meaningful.
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My students ALWAYS love this book. It gives them an opportunity to practice inference skills and promotes empathy. My students can relate to the characters.