TMS Diversity Speaks: Recent Episodes
Pamela Felder
Thompson Middle School Students take on topics that they as a Diverse group of students to inform, enlighten, and raise awareness from a middle school perspective. These weekly topics will address anything from race, class, gender, global warming, and thing relative in society and up value to speak up and out about!
Transphobia often comes from the belief that gender is binary – that people are born male or female and should therefore live their lives as one of those two genders. As well as this, there is the expectation that men and women should like certain things, or dress a certain way, or behave differently. Anyone who doesn’t behave or present in the ‘correct’ way can be subject to name calling, bullying or even violence.
Hear what TMS' Diversity Club has to say about this and how they've taken a stand again the hate!
In this episode, the students talk climate change and the impact it has had on the environment. They've learned that Diversity come in many topics, and Climate Control is one of them. Hear what they have to say.
In this episode students talk about the impact the pandemic has had on students, parents and friends, and how they choose to cope in a positive way!
Thompson students talk LGBTQ+ concerns as it relates to where the hate comes from, why are people afraid to accept people for who they are, and how they can make a difference.