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Demand Safe Schools: National Day of Resistance August 3rd

Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos are trying to force schools to fully reopen this fall, even as COVID infections and deaths surge across the country. Thousands of students, parents, educators and allies are joining together for a National Day of… More

BT News: ‘Our families will be in danger’: teachers fight premature school openings

Courtesy of Breakthrough News: The pandemic is ravaging the country and teachers and parents are organizing to prevent dangerous school reopenings. BreakThrough spoke with Frank Lara, an elementary school teacher and executive board member of the United Educators of… More

Dignity in Schools Campaign Statement on Anti-Black Violence and Education Justice

New York, NY — Exacerbated by the global COVID-19 pandemic, we are starkly reminded that Black people have endured varying progressions of state-sponsored terrorism for centuries. Many classrooms across the United States are microcosms of that history overlaid… More

Organizers in Madison, Oakland and Other Cities Celebrate Historic Victories as Communities ask #WhoGotNext for #PoliceFreeSchools Across the Nation

New York, NY -- The movement for #DefundingThePolice and #PoliceFreeSchools continues to gain traction and secure wins nationwide! We celebrate historic victories in Oakland with Black Organizing Project (B.O.P.), Denver with Padres & Jóvenes Unidos, Madison with Freedom Inc. and… More

Youth and Parents Across the Country Call for #CounselorsNotCops #PoliceFreeSchools

Dignity in Schools Campaign members have been fighting for years to end the criminalization of students and dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline. As the movement to #DefundPolice grows across the country, join us in supporting youth, parents, educators and advocates in… More

Dignity in Schools Campaign applauds Minneapolis and Portland Schools for Ending Contracts with the Police, We Need Police Out of Schools Now!

New York, NY -- Dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline starts with ending relationships between school districts and police departments. As we stand with youth and communities across the nation demanding an end to the ongoing police killings and violence… More

Black Organizing Project: COVID-19: Impact on Black

Originally Published here: COVID-19: Impact on Black By Guest Writer Iman Young Around the country, as people have increasingly begun to take the epidemic seriously, preliminary data shows that COVID-19 is having a disproportionate impact on our community. Nationally,… More

Prom Bring It: Bringing “IT” to Life After Prom

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