The Respect For All Project
The Respect for All Project
GroundSpark's Respect For All Project facilitates the development of inclusive, bias-free schools and communities by providing media resources, support and training to youth, educators and service providers.
About The Respect for All Project
The Respect for All Project (RFAP) seeks to create safe, hate-free schools and
communities by giving youth and the adults who guide their development the tools they
need to talk openly about diversity in all of its forms. The Project offers a comprehensive
set of resources for educators and youth-service providers, including award-winning
documentary films, high-quality curriculum guides and comprehensive professional
development workshops. The Respect for All Project is a program of Women’s
Educational Media, a nonprofit film production company founded in 1978 that creates
and distributes documentary films on issues of social and economic justice.
The Respect for All National Coalition
With support from the Ford Foundation, the Marguerite Casey Foundation, The Arcus
Foundation, and the Walter and Evelyn Haas Jr. Foundation, the Respect for All
Project(RFAP) has spearheaded a collaborative initiative to reach out to educators, youth-
service providers and human service professionals. Working in partnership with the
National Education Association, the Afterschool Alliance, the Association of
Children’s Museums, the Child Welfare League of America, and the National
Association of School Psychologists, the national coalition has helped to bring RFAP
films and professional development workshops to cities across the country since 2003.
The Coalition works to build safer and more inclusive school environments for all
children, foster respect for diverse families and strengthen the link between family,
school and community. For the last three years, the centerpiece of the Coalition’s work
has been the RFAP film That’s a Family!. In 2006, a second title, Let’s Get Real, was
added to the Coalition events.