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Saturday, October 1

Nollie Jenkins Family Center will host a Know Your Rights training on juvenile justice advocacy.

Saturday, October 1

10:00am - 2:30pm CT

Nollie Jenkins Family Center, 109 Swinney Lane, Lexington, MS

Contact Janice: 662-633-2285, 662-834-0089, msyike1@yahoo.com

Action Communication and Education Reform will host a Know Your Rights training on the school discipline process for parents and students.

           Saturday, October 1
           1pm CT
           Zion District Building, 213 Justy St, Winona, MS
           Contact ACER: 662-565-2478, 662-809-7002

Youth Innovation Movement Solutions and East Baptist Church’s Christian Education Department will host a kick off rally for participants from three counties.  

Saturday, October 1

3 - 6pm CT

East Baptist Church, 340 Clark St, Pontotoc, MS

Contact Drustella:  662-809-7001, yimsinc@yahoo.com

Fannie Lou Hamer Center for Change youth members will hold a workshop on zero tolerance policies and positive school discipline alternatives.

Saturday, October 1

Eupora, MS

Contact Cherraye: 662-258-4855, cherrayeo_2006@yahoo.com

 

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Tuesday, October 4

Activists With A Purpose will host a student rally broadcast live on WGNL Greenwood.

Tuesday, October 4

3pm CT

Martin Luther King Drive, Grenada, MS

Contact Dianna: 662-809-0113, kiamshi@bellsouth.net

Citizens for a Better Greenville will host a live broadcast on WBAD from the Greenville mall where they will be collecting surveys about community members’ experiences with suspensions and expulsions. CBG will also be collecting surveys at the Saturday, October 1st Get Out the Vote rally at the Delta Lodge and the Thursday, October 6th middle school homecoming game.

Tuesday, October 4

4 - 8pm CT

Greenville Mall, 1651 Highway 1 South, Greenville, MS

Contact Tinsa: 662-822-2314, tinishahall@yahoo.com

The MS Coalition for the Prevention of Schoolhouse to Jailhouse and the McComb Youth Council NAACP will host a community round table and educational forum for parents, students and community leaders.  The forum will include a question and answer session and the development of a plan of action for continued dialogue.

Tuesday, October 4

5pm CT

Martin Luther King Community Center, 601 Martin Luther King Drive, McComb, MS

Contact Mamie: 601-248-7581, mamiemanning@bellsouth.net

Sunflower County Parents and Students Organization will host a town hall meeting to discuss discipline practices in the Sunflower County School District and their connection to school pushout.

Tuesday, October 4

5pm CT

Sunflower, MS

Contact Betty: 601-278-2149, bettylpetty@yahoo.com

 

Concerned Citizens for a Better Tunica County will host a workshop for parents and students from Tunica and neighboring counties.  The workshop will focus on increasing the current graduation rate, decreasing the drop-out rate, and the prevention of push out in Tunica public schools.  The event is designed to bring stakeholders together to discuss developing a joint plan to address the overall push out problem in Tunica County Public Schools.  

Tuesday, October 4

5:30pm CT

Rosa Fort High School gym, 1100 Rosa Fort Dr., Tunica, MS

Contact Marilyn: 662-541-5333, marmelmarilyn@gmi.net

Fannie Lou Hamer Center for Change will hold a workshop on restorative justice and conflict resolution models.

Tuesday, October 4

Eupora, MS

Contact Cherraye: 662-258-4855, cherrayeo_2006@yahoo.com

 

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Thursday, October 6
 

Sunflower County Parents and Students Organization will host a town hall meeting and training on discipline practices and their connection to school pushout.

 

 

 

Thursday, October 6

5pm  CT

Doddsville, MS

Contact Betty: 601-278-2149, bettylpetty@yahoo.com

 

The MS Coalition for the Prevention of Schoolhouse to Jailhouse and the ACLU of Mississippi wil host a town hall discussion titled "School Discipline: Off with the Cuffs and Into the Classrooms!" 

Thursday, October 6

6 - 9 pm CT

M.R. Davis Public Library (Southaven Library), 8554 Northwest Drive, Southhaven, MS 

Contact ACLU of MS: 601-354-3408, nkohsinkintigh@aclu-ms.org

 

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Friday, October 7

Citizens for a Better Greenville will enter a float in the Greenville high school homecoming parade and distribute information on school pushout.  They will also collect surveys about community members’ experiences with suspensions and expulsions at the homecoming game.

Friday, October 7

4pm CT

Washington Ave, Greenville, MS

Contact Tinsa: 662-822-2314, tinishahall@yahoo.com

 

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Saturday, October 8

Sunflower County Parents and Students Organization will host a town hall meeting and training on discipline practices and their connection to school pushout.

Saturday, October 8

10am CT

Drew, MS

Contact Betty: 601-278-2149, bettylpetty@yahoo.com

The MS Coalition for the Prevention of Schoolhouse to Jailhouse and the McComb Youth Council NAACP will observe the 50th anniversary of the Burglund High School walkout of 1961.  Students, parents, civil rights movement veterans and community members will walk, sing, pray, and remember as they follow the route walked by 119 students who bravely left their school on October 4, 1961 to protest the denial of one student’s right to attend a public school. The event will close with a workshop on school pushout.

Saturday, October 8

11am - 5pm CT

Higgins Middle School, 100 Elmwood St, McComb, MS

Contact Mamie: 601-248-7581, mamiemanning@bellsouth.net

Youth Innovation Movement Solutions will host a youth rally with the theme “Youth Stressed Out About Pushout.”

Saturday, October 8

4 - 6pm CT

PGA Community Center, Panola County, MS

Contact Drustella:  662-809-7001, yimsinc@yahoo.com

Citizens for Educational Awareness will host an event in Kilmichael, MS.

Kilmichael, MS

Contact Mary: 662-262-7519, young5566@att.net