Week of Action Nationwide Events

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During the National Week of Action, communities around the country engaged in different local activities to bring people together and support local change.  Read below for highlights of activities by state, or access a list of events by date.  Here are examples of what communities around the country are doing.

  • Organizing town hall meetings, community workshops, teach-ins or focus groups with students, parents, teachers and policy-makers to exchange ideas on school pushout.
  • Testifying before local school boards or city councils about how to stop school pushout.
  • Meeting with Members of Congress to advocate for federal legislation to stop pushout.
  • Giving classroom lessons on human rights and the school to prison pipeline.
Pushing Back Against School Pushout: The Dignity in School Campaign Takes Action (Web Resource)

Across the nation, youth, parents, community members, educators and advocates joined together and raised their voices last week to testify before school boards, hold town hall meetings and organize teach-ins to advocate for positive alternatives to zero tolerance discipline with the same unified goal: to push back for dignity and fairness in schools.

Mississippi - Week of Action Events (Web Resource)

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.

Chicago, IL - Week of Action Events (Web Resource)

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.

Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA - Week of Action Events (Web Resource)

On Tuesday October 12, the Dignity in Schools Campaign-Los Angeles Chapter organized a series of actions at the local school board discussing the impacts of school pushout.

New York, NY - Week of Action Events (Web Resource)

New York City youth, parents, teachers and advocates are pushing back against pushout! During the Week of Action, DSC-NY held a teach-in to talk about positive solutions to pushout and NYCLU distributed Know Your Rights Cards at schools across the city.

Philadelphia, PA - Week of Action Events (Web Resource)

In Philadelphia, Community Responses to Zero Tolerance and the Alliance for Educational Justice (AEJ) hosted actions.

Don't miss pushout testimony from Philadelphia youth Raheem Gladney.

Atlanta, Macon, and Savannah, GA - Week of Action Events (Web Resource)

The Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the School to Prison Pipeline (STOPP), the Atlanta Community Engagment Team and Georgia Legal Services Program hosted events in Atlanta, Macon and Savannah to inform and engage community members in combating school pushout.

Boston, MA - Week of Action Events (Web Resource)

On Sunday, October 17, the Boston Parent Organizing Network hosted the first in a series of youth focus groups on the Code of Discipline and Dropout Prevention.

Denver, CO - Week of Action Events (Web Resource)

Parents and youth hosted an action to celebrate Conflict Resolution Month and raise awareness of the over-criminalization of students. Youth and parents have worked closely together in Denver to ensure the implementation of restorative justices practices in Denver schools.

New Orleans, LA - Week of Action Events (Web Resource)

Friends and Families of Lousisiana's Incarcerated Children (FFLIC) stood up for the return of the New Orleans Recovery School District to local control.

St. Louis, MO - Week of Action Events (Web Resource)

The ACLU of Eastern Missouri and the Advocating for Communities Against a Prison Pipeline (ACAPP) Coalition both hosted activities for the Week of Action.

 

Topeka, KS - Week of Action Events (Web Resource)

Kansas Families for Education sent letters to each member of the State Board of Education, met with their regional State Board members, and submited letters to the editor to newspapers covering four Kansas counties.

Washington, DC - Week of Action Events (Web Resource)

Advocates for Justice and Education Inc, the Parent Training and Information Center for DC, organized workshops and panels for parents and educators during the Week of Action to discuss strategies for challenging school pushout in Washington, DC public schools. For more information, please contact Weade Wallace, Project Director 202-678-8060.

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