Human Relations, Diversity and Equity

  • Affirming Books


    In the spring of 2021 the office of Human Relations, Diversity & Equity (HRDE) teamed up with non-profit Open Books to provide 16 welcoming and affirming books to every elementary school within Los Angeles Unified School District. Please explore the various affirming books and coinciding resources that HRDE has had the privilege of curating with the help of LAUSD Library Services, and HRC's Welcoming Schools.

     

  • Elementary School LGBTQ+ Book List & Lesson Plans

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    Elementary School LGBTQ+ Book List & Lesson Plan - graphic

     

     


  • LGBTQ+ Affirming High School Books in YOUR library! 

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    LAUSD SOGIE Affirming Books for HS

     

     

     

  • LGBTQ+ Affirming Middle School Books in YOUR library! 

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  • Diversity and Anti-Bias Related Elementary School Books in YOUR library! 

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    Diversity and Anti-Bias Related Elementary School Books in YOUR library

     

     


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    National Day of Reading: A Celebration of Stories Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Youth

    In 2016, an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group forced a school in Wisconsin to cancel plans to read “I am Jazz” in support of a transgender student. In response, more than 600 residents in a town of less than 8,000 showed up at a public reading organized by a parent to show the students that the community had their back.

    Every year, in honor of the Mount Horeb community’s allyship, communities across the country join HRCF's Welcoming Schools program for its annual National Day of Reading: A Celebration of Stories Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Youth.

    The Office of Human Relations, Diversity & Equity has been proud to facilitate a live-stream webinar of the event at one of our LAUSD Elementary Schools annually since 2022.  Below, please find the books and Educator

     

    Book Lists & Lesson Plans from National Day of Reading

     

  • 2024: LAUSD's 3rd Annual National Day of Reading - 47,000 Beads

  • 2023 LAUSD's 2nd Annual National Day of Reading - Red

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    Department Contact

    Coordinator:

    Judy Chiasson, Ph.D
    Office email: humanrelations@lausd.net
    Phone: (213) 241-0754

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