The Respect for All Project (RFAP) seeks to create safe, hate-free schools and communities. The Project provides youth and the adults who guide their development the tools they need to engage in age-appropriate discussions about human difference, preventing prejudice and building caring communities. The Project offers a comprehensive set of resources for educators and youth-service providers, including award-winning documentary films, high-quality curriculum guides and a comprehensive workshop series for professionals and community members.
Straightlaced, now in production, features intimate interviews with teenagers about the pressure to conform to traditional gender roles. Boys who have to act tough even though they may feel vulnerable, and girls who have to dress provocatively just to fit in, talk about the toll it takes on them to live up to gender role expectations and how that limits who they really want to be.
Let's Get Real (2003) takes an honest and unflinching look at the epidemic of name-calling and bullying among middle school youth today. Told entirely from a youth perspective, Let's Get Real features not only kids who are targeted, but also the youth who do the bullying and the allies who intervene when they witness harassment.
That’s a Family! (2000), an entertaining half-hour video that breaks new ground in helping elementary school–age children see and understand the many different shapes that families take today.
It’s Elementary—Talking About Gay Issues in School (1996), the inspiring, award-winning film that explores how teachers can include discussions about gay people in their classrooms with elementary and middle school students.