James Howe – Liza Ketchum https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog Thu, 19 Feb 2015 01:36:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 76312305 Twelve Days in August calls out name-calling bullies https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/twelve-days-in-august-calls-out-name-calling-bullies/ https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/twelve-days-in-august-calls-out-name-calling-bullies/#respond Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:56:12 +0000 https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/?p=281 Robbie Rogers became America's first openly gay professional soccer player in 2013. By Longbomb (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Robbie Rogers became America’s first openly gay professional soccer player in 2013. By Longbomb (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Todd confronts his soccer coach over a bully teammate. He asks: if the racist “N” word is forbidden, why is a homophobic player allowed to spout the “F” insult?

National “No Name-Calling Week” was observed nation-wide in schools in January. Learn how children’s author James Howe became an inspiration for the movement.

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