The Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) Model Code Comparison Tool presents communities with recommended language for alternatives to school pushout and zero-tolerance discipline practices. It highlights questions you can answer about your own local codes of conduct and offers suggested… More
This Atlas Learning Project two-pager offers targeted strategies and critical tools to help inform funders, advocates and evaluators use legal advocacy as a method of effectively fighting against systemic abuses. More
In this guide, TCC Group describes how legal advocacy can be a synergistic partner to traditional advocacy strategies, including legislative advocacy, grassroots mobilizing, public awareness and education, and media campaigns. The guide dives into how advocacy organizations can think about… More
This TCC Group e-guide introduces funders, advocates, and evaluators to four approaches and methods that can be used to evaluate legal advocacy work as well as a comprehensive list of outcomes – including those beyond legal outcomes – that can… More
Most people--including young people--struggle in silence. They deal with everything experienced in life and everything seen in the world MOSTLY in isolation. Change begins when people find their voice. Having a voice might be anything from talking to friends and… More
In this 6 step plan, the Youth Justice Coalition outlines steps you should take if you get stopped by police. The resource includes what to say and specific things you should be sure not to mention, such as gang affiliation. More
Author: H. Wilson The four-page document frames the crisis of Zero Tolerance practices and lays out pathways to change through four steps communities can use to foster positive academic outcomes through advocacy. More
The Model Code presents policy-makers with recommended language for alternatives to school pushout and zero-tolerance discipline practices. It highlights questions you might have on your own local codes of conduct and offers suggested guidance from a DSC perspective. More
The Youth Justice Coalition has developed a Campaign Action Planning tool to help develop organizing campaigns. The campaign action plan tool includes questions regarding identifying an issue to organize around, identifying campaign goals, allies, tactics, and resources. More