Title:   Hillsboro High ends tradition of homecoming court, king, queen

Author:  By Betsy Hammond | The Oregonian/OregonLive 

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on October 06, 2016 at 7:18 AM, updated October 06, 2016 at 1:55 Pm

Main Idea:  This article discusses the reasons that Hillsboro High School is stopping the traditional selection of a Homecoming King and Queen.  Several points of view are debated within the article.

Relevance:  Gender Idenity, Privilege, School Systems, Student Leadership
http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2016/10/hillsboro_high_ends_tradition.html#incart_river_index

Five Ways to Support National Coming Out Day

National Coming-Out Day October 11th 

Title: Five Ways to Support National Coming Out Day
Source/Author/Date: Teaching Tolerance, by Grace Manger on October 10th 2016
URL Link: http://www.tolerance.org/blog/five-ways-support-national-coming-out-day 

Relevance: October 11th is now a nation wide event in which individuals that identify as part of the LGBTQ community are encouraged to openly express how they identify. This is a very courageous action that...

Christopher Bell: Bring on the Female Superheroes !

TEDxColoradoSprings 
Filmed Oct 2015
· 15:48 ·
Key Points: This Ted Talk addresses how our media saturated society influences how we learn what we know about other people and about the world. The viewpoint is from a father observing his daughter's desire to identify with female superheroes that are virtually nonexistent as merchandise in the toy aisles of our stores. He uses examples from Star Wars, Disney, Marvel, and My Little Pony to cause us to think about a future where boys and girls are equally respected equally valued and equally represented.

Audience: Parents, educators, students, everyone

Relevance: As educators, we need to lead the way in helping our students to make choices apart from our society's media driven public pedagogy.

https://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_bell_bring_on_the_female_superheroes