History and Accomplishments
- Created in 2001 by Toni Zimmerman and Jen Aberle at Colorado State University in the Human Development and Family Studies Department.
- 2002: FAIR was the focus of a film by the Cambridge Film Company, a leader in educational social justice related films.
- 2004: a FAIR teacher training project involving 2,500 children and 150 educators in Northern Colorado was completed.
- 2004-2005: a FAIR training book was completed to read with children, and this website was first developed.
- 2005: the Bohemian Foundation funded a teach the teachers conference to facilitate social injustice education in the classroom using the FAIR curriculum.
- 2006: FAIR curriculum was highlighted in the education periodical, Teaching Tolerance.
- FAIR has since reached over 100 classrooms and has been the topic for three doctoral dissertations and numerous publications, including:
- Krafchick, J. L., (2007). FAIR: House-building for classism awareness. In T. Beesley (Ed.) Classroom Activities and lecture Ideas for Marriage and Family. Belmont, CA: Thompson Wadsworth.
- Zimmerman, T. S., Krafchick, J. L., & Aberle, J.T. (2007). Gender Awareness and Media Messages: An Activity for Couple Therapy. In D. Viers (Ed.) Group Therapist’s Notebook. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
- Zimmerman, T.S., Aberle, J.T., & Krafchick, J. (2006). FAIR: A diversity and social justice curriculum for school counselors to integrate school-wide. Guidance & Counseling, 21(1), 47-56.
- Zimmerman, T.S., Krafchick, J., & Aberle, J., (In Press). A University Service Learning Assignment: Delivering the FAIR Curriculum to K-12 Students in the United States to Promote Social Justice. Journal of Education, Citizenship and Social Justice.
- Krafchick, J.L., Aberle, J., Zimmerman, T.S., Fruhauf, C. & Gross, P. (Under Review). Integrating multicultural education into Family and Consumer Science education. Family & Consumer Science Educators Association Annual Monograph.
- Krafchick, J., Aberle, J., & Zimmerman, T.S. (In Preparation). Developmental considerations in multicultural education.
- Krafchick, J., Aberle, J., & Zimmerman, T.S. (In Preparation). A program evaluation of FAIR for teachers of K-12.
- Aberle, J., Krafchick, J., & Zimmerman, T.S. (In Preparation). Becoming a FAIR educator: The journey of multicultural teachers.
- FAIR has received funding from several foundations:
FAIR Curriculum Project Funding:
Drs. Toni Zimmerman, Jen Krefchick, and Jen Aberle
|
| Source | Amount
Requested | Amount
Received | Date
Approved |
| Bohemian Foundation- Pharos Funds | $11,511 | $11,511 | 12/05 |
| Service-Learning Mini-Grant, CSU | $1,000 | $1,000 | 1/05 |
| Bohemian Foundation- Pharos Funds | $9,987 | $9,987 | 4/04 |
| The Women’s Foundation of CO | $9,750 | $5,000 | 9/03 |
| Service-Learning Mini-Grant, CSU | $1,000 | $2,100 | 1/04 |
| Service-Learning Faculty/ Community Mini-Grant, CSU | $1,000 | $1,000 | 1/03 |
| Colorado State University Provost | $5,000 | $5,000 | 9/01 |
| TOTAL RECEIVED | $31,598 |
“It has forced me to look at myself in new ways and has given me great ideas on how to work with people of all ages” (FAIR conference teacher response).
“I think it [the FAIR program] can be wide-ranging in the classroom and [is] something that all can relate to” (FAIR conference teacher response).