Empathy Building Program For Middle Schools

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Learn More About Disability Support Activities for Companies

Don’t Hide It Flaunt it strives to help people celebrate their differences by promoting belonging programs for organizations. At Don’t Hide It Flaunt It (DHIFI), we believe in the power of accepting uniqueness and creating environments where every individual is capable of feeling seen, heard, and valued. Through our variety of programs, our goal is to promote tolerance, empathy, and self-esteem for students from diverse backgrounds.

Inclusion Programs

We believe that SEL activities for youth groups can truly make a difference in the world. At the core of our work at DHIFI is Social Emotional Learning. One of the goals of SEL is to assist students in better understanding their emotions, building interpersonal skills, and making informed decisions, with a focus on students. SEL activities offer many benefits for both teams and individuals. A few examples include enhanced communication, better empathic understanding, and the building of strong teams. The social skills needed for self-growth and academic achievement can be established with these activities as they help build stronger connections. If you’re curious about the potential of inclusivity curriculum, we’re here to help you get started.

Social Emotional Learning Programs For Educators

In addition to social emotional learning activities, we additionally focus on inclusion programs for students. At DHIFI, we make sure that everyone feels included, no matter no matter what their race, gender, abilities, or background happen to be. We go beyond inclusion by promoting true inclusion and inclusion – with a goal of ensuring equal opportunities for all. Communities, schools, and corporations can all enjoy our interactive programs, which cover a wide array of topics.

A Inclusion Curriculum

Promoting acceptance activities for elementary school at DHIFI includes programming for schools, businesses, and community settings. Our Speaking Engagements include motivational talks that confront preconceived notions about disabilities and differences. Participants experience our interactive programs to be incredibly engaging, encouraging introspection, self-expression, and greater empathy and inclusion. Our student programs ignite a critical dialogue, focusing on celebrating the things that make us unique and fostering an atmosphere of kindness and respect among peers. To ensure a long-term impact on all who attend, each program is customized to the specific needs of the audience. Experience the difference we can make with ideas for classroom activities.

Social Emotional Activities For Students

Founded on the idea that differences should be embraced, not suppressed, DHIFI’s mission is to encourage individuals to celebrate what makes them different through get to know you activity ideas classroom. Encouraging people of every age to embrace their differences as a key part of who they are is central to our mission. What we aim for is to create a world where inclusion is celebrated and appreciated, whether that is through sharing stories, keynote talks, or educational workshops. Respect and understanding must be fostered for spaces that empower their members to celebrate their differences confidently.

Integrating SEL Activities for Educators

Are you an educator wondering how to integrate SEL activities for students into your day-to-day classroom experience? It does not need to eat into your entire school day and there’s a large number of ways of achieving this. We’re here to give you a few ideas to help students celebrate their differences at DHIFI. A few examples include:

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

Bullying Awareness Program Bullying Awareness Training For Organizations

Critical to our mission at DHIFI is our dedication on disability education program for students. A gap in understanding and recognition of differences is a common cause of bullying. Through interactive activities and open discussions, we confront the underlying reasons of bullying and equip students with strategies for speaking up against it. We stress the importance of respect, empathy, and kindness, helping students to identify and oppose behaviors of bullying when they’re encountered in their communities. These programs do more than just build awareness, they additionally encourage students to transform into advocates for change, leading to safer, more supportive environments for everyone. If you’d like to learn more about disability awareness workshops for students, don’t hesitate to .

Icebreaker Activity Ideas For Families

To create an increased sense of inclusion and community, you will find icebreaker activity ideas families at Project Flaunt. Project Flaunt is a unique initiative that encourages individuals to embrace their differences and tell their stories to others. These activities may include icebreakers where individuals talk about something unique about themselves, group projects that highlight individual strengths, or storytelling sessions where students talk about how their differences influence their perspectives. A deeper understanding for inclusion is developed through these activities as students learn more about each other. This can happen in the classroom, at home, or throughout the larger community.

An Inclusion Program For Military Families

Through everything we do at DHIFI, our mission is evident: to empower individuals to flaunt their differences and create a world that’s more inclusive with the help of bullying prevention training for companies. We aim to foster environments where understanding and acceptance thrive through our diverse range of programs. Contact us today to find out more information about 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.