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DSC Members Celebrate Victory in Los Angeles

05/20/2013

On Tuesday, May 14, DSC members CADRE, Public Counsel Law Center, Labor/Community Strategy Center, and Children's Defense Fund-California working with the Brothers, Sons, Selves Coalition of Los...

Yes To Counselors, Not To Cops

05/13/2013

A coalition of individuals and organizations in Chicago have launched a "Yes To Counselors, No To Cops” Campaign to pressure their federal legislators and local officials to oppose new funding...

NY Students Call on City and Mayoral Candidates to End School-to-Prison Pipeline at School Safety and Climate Hearing

04/24/2013

By Sharmin Hossain and Nancy Uddin, Ya Ya NetworkPlato writes, “The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture.” If one believes this to be true, and we do, we...

NYC Students, Educators, Mayoral Candidates and Elected Officials Demand End to Racial Disparities in School Discipline

04/15/2013

Amid Growing Outrage Against Mayor Bloomberg’s Heavy-Handed “Zero Tolerance” Discipline Policies, Students Call on Next Mayor to Implement Positive Alternatives On Monday, April 15th, 2013 at...

Webinar on the DSC Model Code: School Policing

04/10/2013

Join The Dignity in Schools Campaign for a webinar training: DSC Model Code: School Policing Monday, April 29th 4pm ET (3pm CT, 2pm MT, 1pm PT) Sign Up here: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/...

You Can't Build Peace with a Piece April Fools' Week of Action!

04/04/2013

April Fools' Week of Action - Youth of Color Say Stop Foolish Policies, No More Police in Schools! During the first week of April, youth of color in cities around the country held concerts, rallies...

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Links to films and other media produced by and featuring students talking about the school to prison pipeline, pushout and human rights conditions in their schools.

DSC School Pushout Story Bank (Web Resource)

Watch testimonies from youth, parents and educators about school pushout.

The Prison Industrial Complex Zine (Document)

From the Chicago PIC Teaching Collective:

DSC-NY Rally to Demand an End to Harmful Punitive Practices in NYC Schools (Video)

School to Prison Pipeline Game (Document)

The "school-to-prison pipeline" describes an alarming trend where public elementary, middle and high schools are pushing youth out of classrooms and into the juvenile and criminal justice

Youth Camera Action Project (2007) (Document)

The New York Civil Liberties Union working together with youth from community organizations produced three short documentaries on student experiences with the over-policing of New York City schools

Book 'Em: Undereducated, Overincarcerated (Document)

Youth Rights Media Project, New Haven, Connecticut

Books Not Bars (Document)

Witness and Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

More Films (Document)

Visit the NYCLU website for a list of Films and Teaching Resources for youth.

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