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
ACLU of Northern California, San Francisco
ACLU of Southern California, Los Angeles
Black Education Network, San Jose
Black Organizing Project, Oakland
Black Skeptics Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Canvass for a Cause, San Diego
Children’s Defense Fund, California
Coleman Advocates, San Francisco
Equality Federation Institute, CA
Labor/Community Strategy Center, Los Angeles
Public Counsel Law Center, Los Angeles
Restorative Schools Vision Project, Sacramento
San Francisco Youth Commission, San Francisco
Youth Committee of Building Healthy Communities, Long Beach
Youth Justice Coalition, Los Angeles
COLORADO
Padres & Jovenes Unidos, Denver
CONNECTICUT
Hearing Youth Voices, New London, CT
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation’s Capital
Advocates for Justice and Education, Inc
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
FLORIDA
Power U Center for Social Change, Miami
SOUL Sisters Leadership Collective, North Miami
GEORGIA
Atlanta Community Engagement Team, Atlanta
Gwinnett STOPP, Gwinnett County
ILLINOIS
Advance Youth Leadership In Power, Chicago
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Chicago
The Woman of God’s Design Ministry, Chicago
Parents Across America – Chicago
Illinois Safe Schools Alliance
LOUISIANA
Community Education Project of New Orleans
Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children, New Orleans
Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal, New Orleans
MARYLAND
Maryland Coalition to Reform School Discipline, Baltimore
MASSACHUSSETS
Boston-area Youth Organizing Project, Boston
Youth on Board/Boston Student Advisory Council, Boston
MICHIGAN
DWH Inspires, Ypsilanti
Student Advocacy Center of Michigan, Detroit, Jackson, Ypsilanti
MINNESOTA
Standing Together And Never Divided UP (S.T.A.N.D. UP)
MN Solutions Not Suspensions Coalition
The Midwest Center for School Transformation- Brooklyn Park, MN
Koinonia Leadership Academy- Cottage Grove, MN
MISSISSIPPI
Action Communication and Education Reform, Inc., Duck Hill
Activists with a Purpose Plus, Grenada
Fannie Lou Hamer Center, Eupora
Legacy Education and Community Empowerment Foundation, Forest
MS Youth Technology and Education Corps
Nollie Jenkins Family Center, Lexington
Sunflower County Parents and Students, Indianola
Tougaloo M.A.N.U.P. Project, Jackson
Southern Poverty Law Center- Jackson, MS
Tunica Teens In Action, Tunica County
NEW JERSEY
Parent Education Organizing Council, Paterson
Paterson Education Fund, Paterson, Paterson
SOMA Black Parents Workshop, Maplewood
Statewide Education Organizing Committee, Trenton/Jersey City
NEVADA
H.E.R.O.S.
NEW YORK
Center for Community Alternatives, Brooklyn/New York City/Rochester/Syracuse
Citizen Action of New York, Albany
Community Taskforce on School Climate
Children’s Defense Fund – New York, NY
Desis Rising Up and Moving, Queens
Dignity in Schools – NY Chapter- New York, NY
Erie County Restorative Justice Coalition, Buffalo, NY
Justice for Families, NY and CA
Make the Road New York, Brooklyn/Queens
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York
National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, New York City
New Settlement Parent Action Committee, Bronx
Palisade Preparatory PTSA, Yonkers, NY
Youth on the Move–Bronx, NY
Sistas and Brothas United, Bronx
NORTH CAROLINA
Blue Ribbon Youth Leadership Institute, Chapel Hill
Education Justice Alliance, Wake County
Youth Organizing Institute, Durham
OHIO
Ohio Poverty Law Center, Columbus
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
TEXAS
Excellence and Advancement Foundation, Austin
Save the Kids- Houston, TX
VIRGINIA
Advocates for Equity in Schools- Henrico Coalition, Sandston
Advocating for Kids, Norfolk
LifeSchool Youth Services- Henrico, VA
I Vote for Me, Henrico
Strategic Litigation Consultants, Richmond, VA
Elite Educational Consultants- Chesterfield, VA
Prom Bring It/Go High Corp, Glen Ellen
Tenants and Workers United, Alexandria
WASHINGTON
Mom’s Rising, Belleview
WISCONSIN
Individual Members
Deanna Adams – Chicago, IL
Lisette Burton – Washington, DC
Poebe Celestin – Sacramento, CA
Denise Dooley – Chicago, IL
Cora Graves – Jonesboro, GA
Dr. Brianna Kennedy-Lewis – Gainsville, FL
Jason Langberg – Raleigh, NC
Monica Llorente – Chicago, IL
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
Education Law Center – www.edlawcenter.org
National Women’s Law Center – www.nwlc.org
Angel Diaz, IL
Candace Moore, IL
Julie A. Worley, TN