The DSC has a Coordinating Committee that oversees the campaign and member organizations that shape our work and participate in committees and local chapters.The DSC hosts ongoing monthly calls for DSC members to participate in planning and decision-making on our collective work and to share updates about what is happening in your local communities.
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Organizational Members
ARIZONA
Demand2Learn/ACLU of Arizona, Phoenix
CALIFORNIA
A Black Education Network, San Jose
ACLU of Northern California, San Francisco
ACLU of Southern California, Los Angeles
Black Organizing Project, Oakland
Black Skeptics Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Black Students of CA United, Fresno, CA
Canvass for a Cause, San Diego
Children’s Defense Fund, California
Coleman Advocates, San Francisco
Labor/Community Strategy Center, Los Angeles
National Center for Youth Law, Oakland
Public Counsel Law Center, Los Angeles
Restorative Schools Vision Project, Sacramento
San Francisco Youth Commission, San Francisco
Youth Justice Coalition, Los Angeles
COLORADO
Movimiento Poder (FKA Padres & Jovenes Unidos), Denver
CONNECTICUT
Hearing Youth Voices, New London
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Advocates for Justice and Education, Inc
American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation’s Capital
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
FLORIDA
Discriminology, Sarasota
Power U Center for Social Change, Miami
SOUL Sisters Leadership Collective, North Miami
GEORGIA
Gwinnett STOPP, Gwinnett County
ILLINOIS
Parents Across America, Chicago
The Woman of God’s Design Ministry, Chicago
LOUISIANA
Black Man Rising, New Orleans
Community Education Project of New Orleans
Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children, New Orleans
MARYLAND
Maryland Coalition to Reform School Discipline, Baltimore
MASSACHUSSETS
Boston-area Youth Organizing Project, Boston
Pa’lante Restorative Justice, Holyoke
MICHIGAN
DWH Inspires, Ypsilanti
Student Advocacy Center of Michigan, Detroit, Jackson, Ypsilanti
MINNESOTA
Koinonia Leadership Academy, Cottage Grove
Midwest Center for School Transformation, Brooklyn Park
Uplift MN, Saint Paul
MISSISSIPPI
Action Communication and Education Reform, Inc., Duck Hill
Activists with a Purpose Plus, Grenada
Countywide Family Development Center, Laurel
Fannie Lou Hamer Center, Eupora
Legacy Education and Community Empowerment Foundation, Forest
Montgomery Citizens United for Prosperity
MS Youth Technology and Education Corps
Nollie Jenkins Family Center, Lexington
Southern Poverty Law Center- Jackson, MS
Sunflower County Parents and Students, Indianola
Tunica Teens In Action, Tunica County
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT
Rights & Democracy, Manchester, NH
NEW JERSEY
Parent Education Organizing Council, Paterson
Paterson Education Fund, Paterson, Paterson
SOMA Black Parents Workshop, Maplewood
Statewide Education Organizing Committee, Trenton/Jersey City
NEW YORK
Center for Community Alternatives, Brooklyn/New York City/Rochester/Syracuse
Children’s Defense Fund – New York, NY
Desis Rising Up and Moving, Queens
Make the Road New York, Brooklyn/Queens
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York
New Settlement Parent Action Committee, Bronx
Partners for Dignity & Rights (formerly NESRI), New York
Sistas and Brothas United, Bronx
Dignity in Schools – NY Chapter, New York
NORTH CAROLINA
Education Justice Alliance, Wake County
Hannah Ruth Foundation, Carrboro
Parents Organized for Public Education (POPE), Guilford County
OHIO
West Dayton Youth Task Force, Dayton
OREGON
Portland Parent Union, Portland
Resolutions Northwest, Portland
PENNSYLVANIA
ACLU of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Education Rights Network, Pittsburgh
School Discipline Advocacy Services, Philadelphia
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina Appleseed, Columbia
TENNESSEE
Stand for Children – Tennessee
TEXAS
Excellence and Advancement Foundation, Austin
Lawyers for Good Government
Save the Kids, Houston
Intercultural Development Research Association
VIRGINIA
1619 Project, Richmond
Advocates for Justice – Henrico Coalition, Sandston
Advocating 4 Kids, Norfolk
Elite Educational Consultants- Chesterfield
I Vote for Me, Henrico
Prom Bring It/Go High Corp, Glen Ellen
Tenants and Workers United, Alexandria
The Virginia Coucil on LGBTQ, Richmond
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
Our Future West Virginia, Charleston
WISCONSIN
Individual Members
Deanna Adams – Chicago, IL
Lisette Burton – Washington, DC
Poebe Celestin – Sacramento, CA
Unika Colbert, Las Vegas, Nevada
Denise Dooley – Chicago, IL
Cora Graves – Jonesboro, GA
Dr. Brianna Kennedy-Lewis – Gainsville, FL
Jason Langberg – Raleigh, NC
Monica Llorente – Chicago, IL
Dan Losen – Boston, MA
Nancy Polin – Oakland, CA
Linda Reid – Paterson, NJ
Adam Shoop – Woodside, NY
Kent Smith – Eau Claire, WI
Daniel Symonds – Philadelphia, PA
Mattie Wilson Stoddard, Ridgeland, MS
Endorsers
Advancement Project – www.advancementproject.org
Advocates for Children of New York City – www.advocatesforchildren.org
American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts – www.aclum.org
California for a World Beyond War – www.worldbeyondwar.org/california/
Education Law Center – www.edlawcenter.org
Angel Diaz, IL
Candace Moore, IL
Julie A. Worley, TN