Civil Rights Education

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Our Approach

The Southern Institute's free anti-bias teacher training workshops are offered throughout the Gulf Coast South, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida panhandle. Workshops are recommended for middle and high school social studies and language arts teachers. Stipends are provided to teachers who attend. Community members are also welcome. Free study guides accompany each workshop. The program uses history to teach young people the moral imperative to speak out against prejudice.

Our Story

"Your life and my life flow into each other as wave flows into wave, and unless there is peace and joy and freedom for you, there can be no real peace or joy or freedom for me."   - (Carl) Frederick Buechner