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 May 2016 Huffington Post Blog from Eric Mann, Director of the Labor/Community Strategy Center, details the Strategy Center's “ferocious uphill organizing” that removed military grade weapons from Los Angeles schools (a first win) with an apology from the city… More
This report from the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign is a good resource for groups wanting to engage their school boards. The report offers strategies for campaigns to reduce suspensions and advocacy for comprehensive approaches, including action steps that school… More
This eight-page document from the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign provides statistics and graphics framing the school-to-prison pipeline issue and offers talking points for advocacy. There are many links to additional resources from this report. More
Look here to explore a thoughtful collection of additional readings and resources relevant to campaign strategies.
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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