1959 Highlander Way · New Market, TN 37820 · phone: (865) 933-3443 · fax: (865) 933-3424
e-mail: hrec@highlandercenter.org

Books not Bars
http://ellabakercenter.org/page.php?pageid=152
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
1230 Market Street
PMB # 409
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 951-4844
Fax: (415) 951-4813

The Books Not Bars "Alternatives for Youth" Campaign is a statewide effort to transform the California Youth Authority, the state's prison system for youth. At the statewide level, Books Not Bars is fighting to shut down CYA and replace it with a model that works: one based on helping troubled kids instead of punishing them. A 22-minute video about this organizing effort, titled Books Not Bars, produced by the campaign and the Ella Baker Center for Human.Rights, can be ordered at http://www.witness.org, $40.

It Takes a Child: Craig Kielburger’s Story – A Journey Into Child Labour
Available at:
Bullfrog Films
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/child.html
Phone: (800) 534-FROG or (800) 534-3764
E-mail: info@bullfrogfilms.com

This film, directed by Judy Jackson, is about the life of Craig Kielburger. Kielburger “was 12 years old when child labor activist Iqbal Massih was killed in Pakistan. He immediately went on a seven-week trip to South Asia. What he learned has turned him into a passionate, articulate and effective advocate on behalf of child laborers everywhere. He is determined to put child labor on the international agenda. He is 15 years old. He started a child-run organization called Free the Children, which now has 10,000 members worldwide. It directs lobbying and petition efforts at governments and big business. F.I.F.A. now won't put its logo on any soccer balls that are made with child labor. Free the Children has raised over $150,000 to buy children out of bondage and create a school for them, while raising world awareness.” 56 min. in 2 parts for grades l5-12, 1998, $250. Phone (610) 779-8226 to inquire about reduced rates for activists and grassroots organizations.

Where are the Beans?
Available at:
Mennonite Central Committee
http://www.mcc.org/areaserv/latinamerica/
honduras/resources.html
21 South 12th St.
PO Box 500
Akron, PA 17501
Phone: (717) 859-1151

This video was created after a Mennonite Central Committee worker returning to Honduras ate several meals without the traditional beans. It explores how economic policies and other factors deprive Honduran farmers of their harvest. The accompanying study guide includes background information, study questions, recipes, advocacy suggestions and a litany. Suitable for grades 5 and up. $15 or borrow from any MCC office. 13 min., 1995.

If the World Were a Village
http://www.acblack.com/glabalvillage
http://mapping.com/gv
Available at:
Mapping the World By Heart
P.O. Box 253
Belmont, MA 02478
Phone: (617) 868-8575
Fax: (617) 868-6023

This book by David Smith, illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong, “allows the reader to conceptualize the whole world as if it were a single village inhabited by one hundred people. In this imaginary village, each person would represent 62 million people from the real world.” The book is suitable for children grades 2 – 6. Resources teaching activities to accompany the book are available at http://www.acblack.com/globalvillage.

Just Act: Youth Action for Global Justice
http://www.justact.org/
3307 26th St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: (415) 431-4204
Fax: (415) 431-5953
E-mail: info@justact.org

Just Act works “to address the lack of working class youth of color in the discussions and decision-making processes of the U.S. global justice movement. Just Act sends members to participate in international gatherings such as the World Youth Festival and the World Social Forum.”

Mapping the World by Heart
http://mapping.com/resources.html
P.O. Box 253
Belmont, MA 02478
Phone: (617) 868-8575
Fax: (617) 868-6023

This is award-winning geography curriculum by David Smith, author of If the World Were a Village, created for grades 2 – 6.

School for Unity and Liberation
http://www.youthec.org/Soul/
1357 5th Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: (510) 451-5466
Fax: (510) 451-5866

SOUL is an organizing training and political education center for young people, a training program for social change. SOUL has training manuals, hosts an 8-week organizer training, and offers trainings to youth organizations.

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