Many of us work with students who are also working. Many are being drastically underpaid by their employers, and are unaware of what the minimum rates are.

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The American Federation of Teachers has created three different resources to assist teachers with teaching human rights.

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High school student Marcel McClinton is running for Houston City Council at seventeen years' old. As a student, McClinton was a co-organiser for the March for Our Lives Houston movement where 15 000 Houstonians marched in support of seeking sensible gun violence prevention legislation. He was part of the group of student activists who travelled across the country with the Road to Change holding town halls and rallies. He has worked hard to register voters and connect communities of like minded people across the USA.

Read more: Marcel McClinton is running for Houston City Council whilst still finishing high school

The IEU has long been a supporter of environmental activists, especially in the fields of active citizenship and environmental education. We’ve been represented at climate marches, we run an environmental grant program with teh support of Teachers’ Mutal Bank and we regularly host both face to face and online teachmeets about environmental issues. Our plan of action has always been to try to foreground the voices of teachers who are working in these areas - they are the ones who are capable of effecting change, both in the classroom and schools and also in the broader context too.

Read more: The kids are all right