Stone Soup Leadership Institute

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Social Emotional Learning & Service Learning Curriculum

Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Social Emotional Learning & Service Learning Curriculum offers supplemental resources from the best-selling book Stone Soup for the World: Life-Changing Stories of Everyday Heroes with 100 inspiring true stories, lesson plans, videos and activities in English and Spanish (Pan V Vino Para El Camino). Piloted by the YMCA of the USA, our has been used in 120 communities to inspire and educate young people to become leaders in their lives, communities and our world.

The Institute’s Diversity & SEL Curriculum is a proven product designed to inspire and engage students both in-person and remotely. The YMCA of the USA integrated the book and the curriculum in eight of its communities to teach students of all ages values and character building lessons, develop critical thinking skills, and civic responsibility. They used our content to lead sessions that encouraged self-reflection, group interaction and large group sharing.