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Resource Library

Our comprehensive resources point you to educational materials, specific issues, and engagement opportunities that can help you make change.

Resources

Explore a wide range of NYC resources to learn, take action, and find support. Search or filter to discover tools, services, and information at your own pace. Please note, Women Creating Change (WCC) is not responsible for the material, information or opinions expressed by third parties or the resources made available by or through WCC.

How Do You Tell if a News Source is Credible?

Learn how policy can promote media literacy and bring a positive effect in teaching students what a credible news source is.

How to Choose Your News

This TED-Ed video explains how the evolution of news reporting has created misinformation and how to figure out who to trust.

Annenberg Classroom Glossary

A glossary that has more than 470 definitions for economic, political, civic and government terms.

Op-Ed Writing: Tips and Tricks

This guide offers tips for finding credible information, prompts for getting started, and the standard structure to follow when writing an opinion piece (also known as an Op-Ed).

Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories.

This interactive New York Times article shows readers the difference between textbooks used in schools among different states and how these differences contribute to the political divide the U.S. has increasingly experienced over recent years.

Zinn Education Project

This website aims to educate young minds on "people's history" – history that is not taught as part of the general history curriculum that is taught in middle school and high school. It offers free lessons and articles organized by time period, reading level, and theme.

Fact Check

Factcheck.org is a platform where people can check whether certain political information is accurate, or not.

Roots of the Spirit

This podcast hosted by Spirit Tawfiq, centers conversations around history, identity, race, racism, and other social justice issues that intersect in order to construct viable solutions.

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