Blog - Dignity in Schools

Day Two: Tell Your State to Shift $$ from Cops to Counselors

10/21/2018

It's Day Two of our Week of Action and Virginia is taking center stage with two great events in Richmond. Mothers and Others of Virginia is hosting the event Stop School Pushout LGBTQ+ from 12pm-2:30pm. You can More

Day One: 2018 Week of Action Kicks Off with Local Events Across the Country!

10/20/2018

We are kicking off the 2018 Dignity in Schools Campaign Week of Action Against School Pushout with actions and events in ten cities today! You can see an interactive map for information on all the events taking place across… More

Communities Demand Counselors, Not Cops in Schools and Call for Positive School Discipline during National Week of Action

10/19/2018

New York, NY – Parents, students, teachers and other members of the nationwide Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) are gearing up for a week of action, amplifying the call to replace school police and zero-tolerance discipline policies with approaches…

Register for RJN Ohio’s Culturally Relevant Curriculum Webinar!

10/16/2018

Click HERE to register for the October 18th, 2018 7PM EST webinar on Culturally Relevant Curriculum and Culturally Responsive Schools. RJN's special guest presenter will be Baba Victor Gibson, retired Detroit Public Schools Afrocentric Teacher. Baba… More

Toolkit on Organizing to Combat The School-to-Prison Pipeline Out Now!

10/9/2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tafari Melisizwe: [email protected] Mark Warren: [email protected] Announcing the Toolkit on Organizing to Combat The School-to-Prison Pipeline New York, NY and Boston, MA - The Dignity in Schools Campaign and Professor Mark… More

Watch Black Organizing Project’s “Our Story” Docu-series!

10/4/2018

Oakland CA - Back Organizing Project (BOP) proudly presents the Our Story Docu-Series. Black Organizing Project is reviving the spirit of Oakland's Black community through relationship building, leadership development, political education and policy change. This series is an…

DSC National Field Organizer Named to First Class of Power 50

9/18/2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Marisol Bello, [email protected] The Center for Community Change Launches Leadership Program for Women of Color Washington, D.C. – The Center for Community Change is excited to announce the launch of Power 50, a new leadership program… More

Lift us Up Don’t Push us Out Available Now!

9/5/2018

We’re excited to announce that our collaborative book, ‘Lift us Up, Don’t Push us Out: Voices from the Frontlines of the Educational Justice Movement’ is out now! Also known as ‘Lift Us Up!’, the book features voices from the frontlines… More

Orleans Parish Juvenile Court ends Fees in Delinquency Cases, Becoming the first Jurisdiction in the South to Take Such Action. Groups Call on other Louisiana Juvenile Courts to Follow Suit.

7/30/2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2018 CONTACTS: Aaron Clark-Rizzio Executive Director Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights 504-658-6852 [email protected] Gina Womack Ahmed Lavalais Executive Director Clinical Teaching Fellow Families and Friends of Policy Advocacy Clinic Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children UC Berkeley School… More

Using CRDC Data in Your Local Work – 2018

6/29/2018

This Webinar provides an excellent overview of CRDC website and what is new for this year, how to access your local data and it also identifies discipline disparities and other issues within the data. Presenters: Harold Jordan - ACLU Pennsylvania… More