Saturday, October 1

Gwinnett STOPP and Interfaith Children’s Movement will host “Forgiveness,” a community conversation to improve graduation rates and prevent school pushout.  The event is free, with lunch provided to registered participants.  To register, please go to www.gwinettstopp.org.

Saturday, October 1

2 - 5:30pm ET

Creative Enterprises Day Habilitation Building, 795 Hi Hope Road, Lawrenceville, GA

Contact Gwinnett STOPP: www.gwinettstopp.org

Friday, October 7

Lambda Legal’s Southern Regional Office will host “South STAR: Safe Schools Convening of the South,” a one-day convening of youth and adult leaders from the Southeast region to discuss and strategize around the intersections of the safe schools movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students, and the school to prison pipeline phenomena that disproportionately affects students of color.  Lunch and snacks will be provided. For more information, please contact Holiday at hsimmons@lambdalegal.org.  

Friday, October 7

10am - 5pm ET

Philip Rush Center, 1530 DeKalb Ave, Atlanta, GA

Contact Holiday: hsimmons@lambdalegal.org

Advocates for Children’s Services (a project of Legal Aid of North Carolina) and the UNC School of Law Juvenile Justice Clinic will present a workshop titled “Building Successful and Inclusive Campaigns” at South STAR: Safe Schools Convening of the South. The workshop will focus on developing concrete strategies for building successful community-based campaigns to make schools safer without fueling the school to prison pipeline and develop mechanisms for ensuring that LGBTQ youth feel included and valued in all organizing campaigns.

Friday, October 7

10:05 – 11:20am ET

Philip Rush Center, 1530 DeKalb Ave, Atlanta, GA

Contact Jason: JasonL@LegalAidNC.org

Saturday, October 8

Atlanta Community Engagement Team (ACET), SNAPPS and the Morehouse Chapter of the NAACP will hold a door-knocking session in District 2 neighborhoods where they will distribute information about the school pushout crisis.

Saturday, October 8

9am - 1pm ET

Meet at Washington Square Park, 102 Ollie St. NW, Atlanta, GA

Contact David: 404-957-6702, dapayne@comcast.net

http://atlantacommunityengagementteam.org/
http://snappsatlanta.org/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/NAACP-Morehouse-Chapter/38722716258