Gina Womack, Director and Co-founder of Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children and Cameron Dumas, Youth Organizing Manager for Black Girls Rising [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwls_xvh8HM[/embed] More
By Mark R. Warren, Letha Muhammad and Emma Tynan *Originally Published on the People's Think Tank At Fishers Junior High School outside of Indianapolis, administrators have recently reported seeing an increase in physical aggression including fights within their school. They… More
Originally Posted Here: MASK - 1M Experiments (millionexperiments.com) Location: Chicago, IL Organization: Mothers and Men Against Senseless Killings Contact: [email protected] MASK was established in 2015 as a way to put eyes on the streets, interrupt violence and… More
Originally Published here Data Brief — Urban Youth Collaborative: Looking at five years of school policing data in New York City public schools, this data brief highlights the racial disparities that (particularly) Black and Latinx students face. Despite some… More
November 20th, 2020
Montgomery County, MD -- Two Montgomery County lawmakers are again pushing to remove police officers from public high schools, marking the latest chapter in the suburb’s debate over racial equity and…
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In July 2020, ProPublica released records from the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), specifically, closed cases of every active-duty NYPD police officer who has at l east one substantiated misconduct allegation against them. ProPublica’s database includes 1,083 cases where… More
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
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Still Not Free: Connecting The Dots Of Education Injustice By Peri Stone-Palmquist | February 13th, 2020
Families come to the Student Advocacy Center of Michigan ready to fight for their education in the face of expulsion,…
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Missed Opportunities for Something Special in Special Education By Cheryl Poe | February 13th, 2020 Special Education is one of the most misunderstood and misapplied services in our educational system today as it relates to Black… More