Juvenile Justice
02 Apr
How Do We Make Schools Safer?
in Natalie Chap, coordinator of the Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC), and Liz Sullivan, a member of the DSC Coordinating Committee and director of the Human Right to Education Program at the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, co-authored this article for the American Bar Association's Children's Rights Litigation Newsletter presenting the DSC's Model Code on Education and Dignity as an alternative to policies that would increase the number of school resource officers (SROs) and other law enforcement personnel, along with the use of zero-tolerance practices, in our nation's schools. Click here to read the full article.
Project NIA is pleased to announce the release of a new report titled Policing Chicago Public Schools: A Gateway to the School-to-Pipeline co-authored by Mariame Kaba and Frank Edwards.
Date:
Jan 25, 2012
State Relevance (if applicable):
Illinois
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LGBTQ Safe Schools and Educational Justice 101 Tues, Oct 25, 1pm ET
What is educational justice? What is the school to prison pipeline? How do these relate to LGBTQ students and safe schools?
Date:
Tue, 10/25/2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
The police are among the most visible and visceral representatives of state power. In today’s society, their presence seems ubiquitous. They serve as the gatekeepers to the criminal legal system and play a critical role in feeding the prison industrial complex.
Organization:
First Defense Legal Aid (FDLA) and Project NIA
Date:
Sun, 06/19/2011
State Relevance (if applicable):
Illinois
10 May
Community Rights Campaign "Truancy Ticket" Victory
in By Joao Da Silva, Dignity in Schools Campaign
On April 7th, the NAACP released a new report, Misplaced Priorities, that examines America's escalating levels of prison spending and its impact on state budgets and our nation’s children.
Organization:
NAACP
Date:
Thu, 04/07/2011
29 Mar
The American Pipe Dream: Winning the Future Without Youth of Color
in By Ernest Saadiq Morris, Urban Youth Justice
The ACLU of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Chapter) is sponsoring a Civil Liberties discussion on:
School to Prison Pipeline: Police in Schools & Zero Tolerance
Speakers: Tracey McCants Lewis (Duquesne Law School) and Carey Harris (A+ Schools)
Organization:
ACLU of Pennsylvania
Date:
Thu, 03/17/2011 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
Pennsylvania
It was only five years ago that two police officers pinned down five-year-old kindergarten student Ja’eisha Scott down onto a table, handcuffed her, and dragged her out of school and into a police cruiser after throwing a tantrum during a jelly bean counting game.1 They then refused to release Ja’eisha into her mother’s cus- tody, keeping her in the back of the car for hours.
Organization:
ACLU of Florida, Advancement Project, Florida State Conference of the NAACP
State Relevance (if applicable):
Florida
15 Feb
How 2 Minutes Can Change Your Entire Life: An Intimate Portrayal of a Black Mother’s Fight to Save Her Son
in By: Kendra Williby, Community Rights Organizer
Saturday, April 30th
9:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Jane Addams Hull House Museum
800 S. Halsted
Focus: Race, Racism, and the Juvenile Justice System
Organization:
Project NIA
Date:
Sat, 04/30/2011 - 9:30am - 5:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
Illinois
Saturday, March 26th
9:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Jane Addams Hull House Museum
800 S. Halsted
Focus: Youth Incarceration
Organization:
Project NIA
Date:
Sat, 03/26/2011 - 9:30am - 5:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
Illinois
Saturday, March 19th
10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Ave (Congress Lounge)
More information about this event will be forthcoming but it is specifically for youth ages 12-24.
Co-sponsored by the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice.
Organization:
Project NIA
Date:
Sat, 03/19/2011 - 10:00am - 3:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
Illinois
Join Project NIA and the Hull House Museum as we discuss the workings of the juvenile justice system. Remember that pre-registration is REQUIRED to attend this session.
Saturday, February 26th
9:30am to 5:00pm
Hull House Museum Dining Room, 800 S. Halsted
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Organization:
Project NIA and the Jane Addams Hull House Museum
Date:
Sat, 02/26/2011 - 9:30am - 5:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
Illinois
Join Project NIA and the Jane Addams Hull House Museum for the first session of the Juvenile Justice Advocacy Training Program.
Saturday, January 29th from 9:30am to 5:00 pm
Hull House Museum Dining Room, 800 S. Halsted
Organization:
Project NIA and the Jane Addams Hull House Museum
Date:
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 9:30am - 5:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
Illinois
Alan Rosenthal, the Center for Community Alternative's Co-Director of Justice Strategies will participate in a panel discussion hosted by the New York City Bar Association on the increase in conviction history questions for college applications.
Organization:
Center for Community Alternatives
Date:
Wed, 01/19/2011 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
New York
Please Join Project NIA & the Illinois Community Justice Project as we unveil two new grassroots data aggregation and dissemination projects.
Come learn about the Chicago Youth Justice Data Project as well as Illinois Community Justice and about how you can use data in your community organizing work. This event is co-sponsored with the DePaul University Women and Gender
Date:
Tue, 12/07/2010 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
Illinois
10 Nov
Chicago Youth Justice Data Project Unveiled
in 4, 597: The number of arrests in Chicago Public Schools in 2009
18,287: Total arrests of Chicago youth aged 16 and under in 2009
47, 068: Youth Aged 10-16 who were entered into Illinois criminal history record system.
General Comment 10, Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, CRC/C/GC/10 (April 25, 2007).
Organization:
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Date:
April 25, 2007