SEI Workgroup
This workgroup is open to all educators interested in strengthening their skills working with ELL students and others who need language support, designing curricula for these students, or ...
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Bridging to Belonging: Working with Polarization in Schools Summer Institute
With the upcoming election cycle, the ongoing tensions around what and how we teach in schools today, and the increasing anxieties of young people, we believe it's imperative to create a ...
New Title IX Rule Has Explicit Ban on Discrimination of LGBTQ+ Students
The new rule expands the definition of sex discrimination but doesn’t address transgender athletes’ participation in school sports
LGBTQ+ students will receive explicit legal protection from ...
Two local school advocates tapped to lead state’s new Small and Rural Schools Committee
As rural schools and their challenges continue to become a more prominent topic at the state level, two local champions of Franklin County’s schools have been tapped to serve as co-chairs of the ...
SPIFFY Youth Steering Committee Member Gets Youth Activist Award from the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth
SPIFFY Youth Steering Committee member Z Vamosy received the Youth Activist Award from the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth at their Annual Gay-la on March 30, 2024. This event brings ...
SPIFFY Full Coalition Meeting: Spring 2024
The SPIFFY Full Coalition Meeting on March 28 was a lively and interactive event, and we are grateful to all who attended! The SPIFFY Team is already looking forward to the ...
2024 CADCA National Leadership Forum
Along with numerous staff from other Western MA prevention coalitions, SPIFFY Coalition Coordinator Amy Cronin DiCaprio and SPIFFY Policy, Youth, and School Coordinator Lexi Polokoff attended ...
Program Implementation
Implementing Community Programs
We help partners launch programs and projects that emerge as community priorities. Scroll down to see examples of the work we've done and continue to do.
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Coalition Building
Building Community Coalitions
We help launch and sustain community coalitions to work on priorities identified through community planning processes. Scroll down to see examples of the work we’ve ...
Community Planning
Community Planning: Working with Stakeholders
We work with stakeholders who share our goals to identify policy, systems, and environmental change priorities through community assessment and ...
Kristen Whitmore
Kristen Whitmore (she/they) is Special Projects Coordinator at the Collaborative for Educational Services. She works on the Healthy Hampshire initiative, which engages residents and partners in ...
Using Books about Diversity and Social Justice with English Learners
In this fully virtual course, teachers and other school staff will be introduced to books on diversity and social justice issues that can be used effectively with English learners and others who ...