just to set the tone for the conversation in our work together that is by ellie mexico, the, the director of the race institution for k through 12 educators. here's what she wrote. tell them first, they asked if it was okay if she cried it in the session in a course it is. tell them first that we'll protect them. tell them that we have democratic processes in the u.s. that make it impossible for one mean person to do too much damage. tell them that we will protect these democratic processes and we will use them so that trump refuses to act on the promises. tell them you will honor the outcome of the election but you'll fight bigotry. tell them bigotry is not a democratic rally democratic rally and it will not be tolerated at your school. tell them you stand by your muslim family, your same-sex parent families, your gay students, your black families, your female students, your mexican families come you're disabled students, your immigrant disabled students, your immigrant families, your trans- students, your native students. tell them you won't let anybody hurt them, deport them, or threat