• Share your best practices, resources, or concerns as an educator, student, parent, or organization, and win cash prizes for your classroom. Be sure to use the #KnowYourNeighbor hashtag so we can amplify your voice. See the campaign page for details on how to participate.
• Share our sample posts, tweets, and images on social media with the #KnowYourNeighbor hashtag. See the campaign page for more samples.

Sample Posts

(more available at www.ing.org/kyn-school)

Facebook Posts:

• How does religious liberty impact students and teachers in classrooms? Learn more by accessing the Baptist Joint Committee’s resource: https://bjconline.org/religion-and-public-schools-guidebooks-and-handouts/. For more resources follow the #KnowYourNeighbor Creating Inclusive Classrooms campaign: www.ing.org/kyn-school.
• Know Your Classmates is a curriculum, a campaign, and a national awareness day designed to create and nurture healthy and open relationships between classmates, particularly focused on middle school students, from the moment school starts this fall. Learn more about this program and request free materials: http://www.knowyourclassmates.org/. For more resources follow the #KnowYourNeighbor Creating Inclusive Classrooms campaign: www.ing.org/kyn-school.
• Does your school have established protocols and plans in the event of bigotry or hate-related incidents? Find suggestions for preventing and navigating a hate-related crisis in Teaching Tolerance’s guide “Responding to Hate and Bias at School.” https://www.tolerance.org/moment/school-climate-resources. For more resources follow the #KnowYourNeighbor Creating Inclusive Classrooms campaign: www.ing.org/kyn-school.
• “(Bullying) poisons the educational environment and affects the learning of every child.” – Bullying specialist Dan Olweus. Find resources through the #KnowYourNeighbor program: www.ing.org/kyn-school.
• The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is often approached by people seeking to understand their rights and whether they have been violated. Here’s their Know Your Rights guide on “What To Do When Faced With Anti-Muslim Discrimination”: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/what-do-when-faced-anti-muslim-discrimination. For more resources follow the #KnowYourNeighbor Creating Inclusive Classrooms campaign: www.ing.org/kyn-school.
• Visit the Interfaith Center of New York’s “Teaching American Religious Diversity” site for resources to educate K-12 students on America’s religious landscape: http://religiousworldsnyc.org/resource-page/resources-teaching-american-religious-diversity. For more resources be sure to follow the #KnowYourNeighbor Creating Inclusive Classrooms campaign: www.ing.org/kyn-school.
• How much do your students know about world religions? Find out by playing Tanenbaum’s “Interreligious Understanding Game” with your students: https://tanenbaum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Coexist-Interreligious-Understanding-Game-6.09-new-branding.pdf. Find other resources by following the #KnowYourNeighbor Creating Inclusive Classrooms campaign on social media: www.ing.org/kyn-school.

Tweets:

• Muslim kids — and all children — need inclusive learning environments. Join the #KnowYourNeighbor Creating Inclusive Classrooms Campaign and get the tools to make it happen: www.ing.org/kyn-school.
• Teachers — study up on how the First Amendment impacts your classrooms: https://buff.ly/2ePc60e #KnowYourNeighbor
• Help create more inclusive classrooms with this free activity kit from #KnowYourClassmates. Sign-up here: http://knowyourclassmates.org. For more resources follow the #KnowYourNeighbor Creating Inclusive Classrooms campaign: www.ing.org/kyn-school.
• Peer-to-peer dialogue counters bullying. These tools can help. Join the #KnowYourNeighbor Creating Inclusive Classrooms Campaign: www.ing.org/kyn-school.
• Bullying impacts students’ mental health, causing stress & inhibiting their ability to learn: www.ing.org/kyn-school #KnowYourNeighbor
• Curious how practitioners of five major religions live their faith in the U.S.? Check out ING’s curriculum for educators: https://ing.org/multifaith-curriculum-living-the-faith/. For more resources follow the #KnowYourNeighbor Creating Inclusive Classrooms campaign: www.ing.org/kyn-school.