Empathy Building Workshop For Communities

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Helping individuals embrace the things that make them unique through an inclusion program for middle schools is our mission at Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It. Everyone deserves to feel seen, heard, and valued. At Don’t Hide It Flaunt It (DHIFI), we nurture environments that allow for this can happen by fostering uniqueness. Through our range of programs, we aim to promote tolerance, empathy, and personal growth for students from diverse backgrounds.

An Inclusion Program Program

We believe that belonging initiatives for schools is truly capable of making a difference in the world. At the heart of DHIFI’s work is Social Emotional Learning. SEL equips individuals, particularly students, with the knowledge to process and control emotions, build strong social skills, and make informed decisions. SEL activities are able to enhance awareness of how others experience the world, foster team building and foster better communication. Connecting with themselves and others, these activities lay the groundwork the social skills necessary for self-growth and academic achievement. If you’re curious about the potential of an inclusion program, we’re here to help you get started.

SEL Programs For Military Families

Together with social emotional learning activities, we also focus on a inclusion curriculum for educators. Fostering spaces where each individual feels a sense of inclusion, no matter their gender, race, background, or abilities is the aim of our Inclusion programs. More than just inclusion, we emphasize inclusion and inclusion, with a goal of making certain everyone has access to the same opportunities. Our programming is ideal for schools, businesses, and community groups, with engaging formats that address an array of topics.

Inclusion Activities

With a diverse selection of programs focused on schools, companies, and communities, we promote disability support programs for schools at DHIFI. Our Speaking Engagements focus on inspirational talks that break down preconceived notions about disabilities and differences. Participants experience our interactive programs to be highly engaging, fostering introspection, self-expression, while promoting empathy and inclusion. Focusing on celebrating the things that make us unique and creating an atmosphere of kindness and respect among peers, these programs start a vital dialogue. To ensure a long-term impact on all who attend, each program is customized to the individual needs of the audience. Experience the difference we can make with ideas for classroom activities.

Social Emotional Activities For Families

Inspiring individuals to totally embrace the things that make them unique through acceptance activities for the classroom has been our mission at DHIFI from the very beginning, as we believe that differences should not be hidden; they should be flaunted. We inspire people of all ages to celebrate their differences as an integral part of who they are. Whether it is through sharing stories, public speaking, or interactive seminars, our goal is to foster a world where inclusion is appreciated and celebrated. By cultivating understanding and respect, our goal is to create communities where everyone feels free to celebrate their differences proudly.

Integrating SEL Activities for Students

Are you an educator wondering how to integrate social emotional learning activities for schools into your day-to-day classroom experience? It doesn’t have to eat into your whole school day and there’s a large number of ways to achieve this. We are here to give you a few ideas to assist students in celebrating their differences at DHIFI. Some examples include:

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

Anti-Bullying Programs Bullying Awareness Initiatives For Companies

Our focus on bullying awareness programs for students is essential to our mission, as bullying often stems from a lack of understanding and acceptance of differences. We strive to tackle bullying’s core issues and equip students with tools to take action against it in their everyday lives. This is done via interactive program and candid discussions. Giving students the tools and awareness they need to spot bullying behaviors in their communities and to stand against them, we strongly emphasize kindness, empathy, and respect. These programs raise awareness as well as create safer, more supportive environments for everyone by equipping students to transform into advocates for change. If you’d like to learn more about anti-bullying program for organizations, don’t hesitate to .

Self Acceptance Activity Ideas For Middle School

Promoting a sense of belonging and community, Project Flaunt provides acceptance activities for families . Project Flaunt is a one-of-a-kind initiative that empowers individuals to celebrate their differences and tell their stories to others. Storytelling sessions where students explore how their differences affect their perspectives, group projects that showcase individual strengths, and introductory exercises where students share something special about themselves are examples of these activities. Participants don’t just discover more about each other but also develop a deeper understanding for differences within their classroom, at home, and in the larger community through these activities.

Belonging Activities For Organizations

Empowering individuals to flaunt their differences and create a more inclusive world through a SEL program for educators is our focused mission at DHIFI, in everything we do. Through our wide range of programs, we strive to create environments where acceptance and understanding thrive. 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.