Filters, AI and social media can make anyone feel like their bodies don’t fit. Join author Olivia Pillai Quinney (Catch, Drive, Release, Recover) as she shares digital resilience tools with students that they can employ when facing the barrage of messages that over-emphasize appearance. Students will leave this event with an understanding of digital red flags and a stronger capacity to identify trusted communities. Grades 6-9.
Author
Olivia Pillai Quinney is a writer, speaker, elementary school teacher, and advocate dedicated to supporting people affected by eating disorders. Catch, Drive, Release, Recover is her debut middle grade novel.
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