school to prison pipeline
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
On MLK day of 2010 PSU launched the Campaign for Nonviolent Schools (CNS). CNS is a grassroots youth-led citywide coalition of high school and middle school students from nine youth leadership organizations (and counting) in Philadelphia, defying language, ethnic, and neighborhood divides to end all forms of school violence without pushing students into the criminal justice system.
Organization:
Philadelphia Student Union
Date:
Tue, 03/22/2011 - 5:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
Pennsylvania
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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
A 90-minute webinar for educators, administrators, policy-makers and youth advocates that explores current research and the potential for restorative practices to provide a practical and effective research-based alternative to prevailing school disciplinary practices.
For information visit - http://www.iirp.org/training_detail.php?training_id=OTc=
Organization:
International Institute for Restorative Practices
Date:
Tue, 05/17/2011 - 2:30pm - 4:00pm
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
The Children’s Defense Fund’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline Campaign is a national and community crusade to engage families, youth, communities and policy makers in the development of healthy, safe and educated children. Poverty, racial disparities and a culture of punishment rather than prevention and early intervention are key forces driving the Pipeline.
Organization:
Children's Defense Fund
Date:
Thu, 10/01/2009
Oregon’s school-to-prison pipeline is an urgent civil rights challenge in Oregon. Mirroring a national trend, the school-toprison- pipeline in Oregon refers to the disproportionate punishment of students of color that begins with more serious punishment than their white peers in school and a greater likelihood of intervention by juvenile justice authorities.
Organization:
ACLU of Oregon
Date:
October 2010
State Relevance (if applicable):
Oregon
In the last decade, the punitive and overzealous tools and approaches of the modern criminal justice system have seeped into our schools, serving to remove children from mainstream educational environments and funnel them onto a one-way path toward prison.
Organization:
NAACP LDF
Date:
Mon, 10/10/2005
Read a number of national resources and reports related specifically to North Carolina and it's locales, and get critical information to stop the school to prison pipeline in that state.
Date:
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State Relevance (if applicable):
North Carolina
22 Nov
School to Prison Pipeline DVD Available for Sale!
in By Family and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children
17 Nov
Armed Police Officers in Schools? A Bad Idea
in In Photo: Denys Lopez Moreno (center), mother of slain 14-year-old Derek Lopez, is comforted by her sister (left) and mother (right).
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.
Organization:
Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the School to Prison Pipeline
Date:
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 9:00am - 4:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
Georgia
18 Oct
Youth Speak Out Against Zero Tolerance and Offer Positive Solutions
in NYC youth brought the energy and turned it up a few notches in a packed room at Dignity in Schools Campaign-NY’s “Teach-In: Solutions for Positive School Discipline” on Thursday, Oct. 14. The event was held at New York University’s Law School.