Belonging Initiatives For Elementary Schools

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Don’t Hide It Flaunt it works to help people celebrate their individuality with the promotion of SEL programs for schools. At Don’t Hide It Flaunt It (DHIFI), we have a strong belief in the power of fostering individuality and nurturing environments where everyone can feel recognized, heard, and valued. Through our variety of programs, our goal is to promote tolerance, empathy, and personal growth for students from diverse backgrounds.

Inclusion Programs

We believe that social emotional learning programs for educators is truly capable of making a difference in the world. At the heart of our work at DHIFI is Social Emotional Learning. SEL equips individuals – especially students – with the resources to understand and control their emotions, develop strong interpersonal skills, and make responsible decisions. Increasing awareness of how others experience the world, encouraging the building of strong teams and encouraging better communication are just several advantages of SEL activities. These exercises assist students connect with themselves and others, developing the foundational social skills necessary for achievement, both personally and academically. If you are curious about the power of inclusivity initiatives, we’re here to help you get started.

Belonging Programs For Companies

We also focus on Inclusion activities for organizations together with social emotional learning activities. At DHIFI, we work hard to ensure that everybody feels like they belong, regardless of no matter what their race, gender, background, or abilities happen to be. We go beyond inclusion by fostering true inclusion and inclusion – with a goal of ensuring equal access for all. Our programs target schools, corporations, and communities with interactive formats that address topics across a wide range.

Inclusion Activities

Promoting acceptance activities for middle school at DHIFI involves programming for schools, businesses, and community settings. Through motivational talks, our Speaking Engagements work to break down misconceptions about differences like disabilities. Interactive programs engage participants in thought-provoking activities that encourage empathy, inclusion, and personal expression through art. Our programs for students ignite a critical dialogue, centered around celebrating the things that make us unique and fostering an atmosphere of respect and kindness among peers. Every program is tailored to the specific needs of the audience, guaranteeing a enduring impact on all who participate. Experience the difference we can make with first day of school activities.

Get To Know You Activities For Students

Encouraging individuals to fully embrace the things that make them unique through classroom activity ideas has been our mission at DHIFI from the very beginning, because we believe that differences shouldn’t be concealed; they should be celebrated. Encouraging people of all ages to celebrate their differences as a fundamental element of who they are is what we do. Through narrative sharing, keynote addresses, or educational workshops, our goal is to foster a world where inclusion is celebrated and valued. Understanding and respect must be fostered for spaces that encourage their members to celebrate their differences confidently.

Ways To Integrate Social Emotional Learning Activities for Educators

As an educator, you might be curious about ways to integrate SEL activities for educators into your school curriculum. You don’t have to give up too much of your class time for this goal to be achieved. At DHIFI, we’re here to provide you with ideas to help students celebrate their differences. These are several a few examples:

  • Positive affirmations
  • Coping strategies
  • Show-and-tell
  • Sharing quotes
  • Arts and crafts
  • Sharing stories
  • Journal entries

Bullying Awareness Programs Emotional Support Initiatives For Universities

Bullying is often the result by a lack of understanding and respect, which is the reason we’re so dedicated to disability support programs for elementary schools. Through interactive activities and candid discussions, we confront the root causes of bullying and ensure students are equipped with tools for speaking up against it. The importance of empathy, kindness, and respect cannot be emphasized enough. This is the reason students learn to identify bullying behaviors in their communities and take a stand them. Our programs are aimed at more than simply raising awareness. We want students to become active advocates for real change. This is the reason an environment that’s more inclusive and secure can be built for everyone. If you want to learn more about bullying prevention training for educators, don’t hesitate to .

Empathy-Based Activities For Families

Encouraging a sense of inclusion and connection, Project Flaunt provides empathy building activities classroom . We encourage individuals to more than just celebrate their differences but to express their stories with others through our unique initiative, Project Flaunt. These activities can include icebreakers where individuals share something unique about themselves, group projects that focus on individual strengths, or storytelling sessions where students discuss how their differences shape their perspectives. Participants not only find out more about each other but also develop a deeper appreciation for differences within their classroom, at home, and in the larger community through these activities.

Inclusion And Belonging Programs For Schools

In everything we do at DHIFI, our mission is simple: to inspire individuals to celebrate their differences and create a world that’s more inclusive with the help of bullying prevention curriculum for educators. We strive to foster environments where understanding and acceptance thrive through our diverse range of programs. For additional information on our programs, visit us today.

Our Programs

Our social emotional learning (SEL) and empathy-building programs are designed to build acceptance and empathy and create cultures of inclusion for schools, communities, companies, and beyond.
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School Programs

This program is designed to help kids and teens build self-confidence, empathy and healthy relationship skills.

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Community Programs

We work with community organizations, summer camps, faith-based organizations, and other non-profits.

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Corporate Programs

DHIFI offers customized presentations and programming for companies of all sizes to build inclusivity and understanding in the workplace.

Testimonials

During our 2019 annual President’s Council of Cornell Women (PCCW) Symposium, Meg gave an impressionable presentation titled “What You Think of Me is None of My Business: Embracing Your Superpower” which embodied our theme of PCCW Celebrates One Cornell: Diversity and Inclusion.” Not only was Meg’s presentation insightful, thoughtful and impactful, but she captivated the audience. Sharing stories about those who go through life with visible and invisible differences made us aware that we all face difficulties and challenges in many ways, but together, through education and awareness, we can be compassionate, loving and caring to everyone, no matter the trials and tribulations ahead.

Carole Quealy

Cornell University, Alumni Affairs & Development

When the U.S. Embassy in Israel hosted Meg Zucker as a Distinguished American Speaker in 2015, the audiences she spoke and met with were deeply inspired by her personal story, her effective advocacy, and the early success of Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It.  Her appearance made a huge impact with advocates for inclusion and acceptance which still resonates today with those who met her.

Daniel Shapiro

former U.S. Ambassador to Israel

Meg is an energetic and engaging speaker who inspires all who meet her with her life story of growing up with a blatant physical difference and parenting kids who share her difference.   Her message of “the things that make me different make me, me” is heartfelt and impactful and resonates with audiences of all ages and backgrounds.  Meg’s mission of building acceptance, tolerance, and empathy is more important now than ever before.  Everyone who has the pleasure of hearing Meg’s story and her vision will be better for it.

Mindy Scheier

Founder and CEO, Runway of Dreams Foundation

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CASEL Competencies
 
  • Self-awareness: Assessing
 one’s own strengths […] and possessing confidence and growth mind-set
  • Social awareness: Taking the perspective of and empathizing with others from diverse backgrounds and cultures
  • Relationship skills: Establishing healthy and rewarding relationships with diverse individuals.