Belonging Workshops For Middle Schools

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At Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It, we aim to promote inclusivity activities for students to help individuals celebrate their uniqueness. Each individual deserves to feel recognized, heard, and valued. At Don’t Hide It Flaunt It (DHIFI), we create environments where this is capable of happening by promoting individuality. Through our range of programs, we aim to promote acceptance, empathy, and self-confidence for students from diverse backgrounds.

Social Emotional Learning Programs

We believe that SEL programs for educators can truly make a difference in the world. At the heart of our work at DHIFI is Social Emotional Learning. The tools of SEL equip individuals, particularly students, with the knowledge to process and manage emotions, build interpersonal relationships, and make responsible choices. SEL activities offer a lot of benefits for both teams and individuals. Some examples include better communication, increased empathy, and the building of strong teams. The social skills necessary for personal success and academic achievement can be laid with these activities as they help build stronger connections. If you are curious about the potential of inclusivity curriculum, we’re here to help you get started.

Social Emotional Learning Activities For Schools

We also focus on belonging programs for schools in addition to social emotional learning activities. Our Inclusion programs are structured to create environments where each person feels they are included, no matter their race, gender, background, or abilities. We don’t settle at inclusion; we work to create inclusion and inclusion where everyone can access the same opportunities. Our programming is designed for schools, corporate settings, and community groups, with engaging formats that address a variety of topics.

SEL Activities

Supporting social emotional activities for elementary school at DHIFI includes programming for schools, businesses, and community settings. Through motivational talks, our Speaking Engagements work to challenge misconceptions about differences like disabilities. Interactive programs involve participants in thought-provoking activities that foster empathy, inclusion, and self-expression through art. Focusing on celebrating uniqueness and fostering an atmosphere of respect and kindness among peers, our student programs start a critical dialogue. The specific needs of each audience are taken into account, the impact for all participants is lasting. Experience the difference we can make with social emotional activities for families.

Welcome Activities For The Classroom

Founded on the principle that differences should be flaunted, not suppressed, DHIFI’s mission is to encourage individuals to celebrate what makes them unique through icebreaker activity ideas classroom. We encourage people of all ages to flaunt their differences as an important part of who they are. Whether through storytelling, public speaking, or educational workshops, our objective is to create a world where inclusion is celebrated and appreciated. By nurturing understanding and respect, our goal is to build communities where everybody feels free to celebrate their differences with pride.

Social Emotional Learning Activities for Students: Some Examples

Are you an educator interested in ways of integrating social emotional learning activities for educators into your school curriculum? You don’t have to give up too much of your class time to achieve this goal. At DHIFI, we’re here to provide you with ideas to help students celebrate their differences. A few examples include:

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

Disability Support Activities Disability Acceptance Programs

Central to our mission at DHIFI is our dedication on anti-bullying initiatives for schools. A gap in understanding and recognition of differences is what often leads to bullying. We strive to tackle bullying’s root causes and ensure students are equipped with strategies for speaking up against it when they encounter it daily. This is done via candid discussions and interactive programs. Providing students with the tools and awareness needed to spot bullying behaviors in their communities and to fight back against them, we strongly emphasize kindness, respect, and empathy. These programs raise awareness as well as create environments that are safer and more supportive for all by equipping students to become advocates for change. If you’d like to learn more about anti-bullying activities for universities, don’t hesitate to .

Self Acceptance Activities For Elementary School

Project Flaunt provides acceptance activity ideas kids that foster a sense of connection and belonging. Project Flaunt is a one-of-a-kind initiative that inspires individuals to celebrate their differences and tell their stories to others. Narrative sharing where students explore how their differences shape their perspectives, group projects that showcase individual strengths, and icebreakers where students share something unique about themselves are examples of these activities. Through these activities, students don’t just discover more about one another, they also build a deeper appreciation for differences within their classroom, at home, and in the wider community.

Inclusion And Belonging Curriculum For Companies

Our mission is central to everything we do at DHIFI, which is using empathy-based curriculum for youth groups to build a more inclusive world where individuals are empowered to celebrate their differences. Through our wide range of programs, we aim to create environments where acceptance and understanding thrive. Contact us today to learn more information concerning our programs.

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.