Week of Action Film Highlights

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Take a look at the various actions in cities across the country. Watch youth, parents, advocacy organizations and others come together to raise awareness and pushback for dignity and fairness in school.

National Week of Action - Mississippi Events (Video)
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During the National Week of Action on School Pushout, the Mississippi Delta Catalyst Roundtable, Southern Echo, and Delta Consortium for Positive Change hosted a series of events and collected testimonies on school pushout.

Week of Action - Mississippi (Video)
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In Itta Bena, the Mississippi Delta Catalyst Roundtable, together with Southern Echo and Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU), hosted a major Week of Action event to focus on the implications of compulsory school district consolidation for school pushout.

Week of Action - Chicago, IL (Video)
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Youth leaders in Chicago are fighting to end school pushout and implement restorative justice in their schools. During the Week of Action, organizations, including Blocks Together Youth Council, Project Nia, Southwest Youth Collaborative and others, organized trainings, panels and roundtable discussions on pushout.

Week of Action - Philadelphia, PA (Video)
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In Philadelphia, actions were hosted by Community Responses to Zero Tolerance and the Alliance for Educational Justice (AEJ) for the Dignity in Schools National Week of Action.

Week of Action - Atlanta, GA (Video)
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The Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the School to Prison Pipeline, along with Atlanta Community Engagement Team, the ACLU of Georgia, Georgia State Conference NAACP and Interfaith Children's movement hosted the first in a series of five regional forums focused on creating a strategic plan for statewide action to dismantle the School To Prison Pipeline (STPP).

New York City Teach-in Panel (Video)
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On October 14, Dignity in Schools Campaign-NY held a teach-in to discuss the problem of pushout and solutions for positive school discipline, such as restorative justice.

Push Back Against School Pushout: Highlights from the Week of Action 2011 (Video)
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October 1-8, 2011: Dignity in Schools Campaign's Annual Week of Action on School Pushout

Week of Action - Los Angeles, CA (Video)
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On Tuesday, October 12, DSC - LA held a series of actions outside the Los Angeles United School District (LAUSD) Board building, which included posting a life size maze replica of the School to Prison Pipeline, giving testimony in front of the school board, hosting a press conference, and releasing of DSC - LA's newest documents - School Police Model Policy and Principles for a School Police Revie

Week of Action on School Pushout: Push Back for Dignity and Fairness (Video)
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7+ minute short documentary with testimonies and a call-to-action from students, parents and advocates from around the country to end school pushout.