BEYOND DIFFERENCES
711 Grand Avenue 200, San Rafael, CA 94901 www.beyonddifferences.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Our mission is to "Inspire students at all middle schools nationwide to end social isolation and create a culture of belonging for everyone."

Beyond Differences is the nations leading expert on social isolation among middle school youth and our mission is the driving force behind our student-led social justice movement. Since its founding in 2010, more than 6,155 schools across the country have used Beyond Differences programs, impacting more than 3.77 million students in all 50 states. Through a set of three Positive Prevention Initiatives (No One Eats Alone, Know Your Classmates, and Be Kind Online), our evidence-based approach gives middle school students across the country the skills, awareness, and inspiration to work together to break down barriers that lead to social isolation. The fact that our initiatives are neither expensive nor complicated makes them highly scalable, effective, and replicable. Beyond Differences is unique as we are student-led, focused on ending social isolation, and we are inspired by the life and memory of Lili Rachel Smith (1994-2009). The Beyond Differences model is predicated on the notion that students influencing other students is not only an effective means of changing school culture, but also a natural and profoundly life-changing opportunity for youth to take control of this issue that causes so many children to feel so helpless. Beyond Differences has three high school teen boards in the San Francisco Bay Area and one in Portland, OR. These high school teen leaders model that connection and belonging has a powerful ripple effect and inspire middle school youth to believe in it, too.

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