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Model Code Comparison Tool

10/6/2018
Model Code Comparison Tool

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

The Labor Community Strategy Center—Finally—Gets the Tanks and M-16s Out of the LA School System

8/6/2018
The Labor Community Strategy Center—Finally—Gets the Tanks and M-16s Out of the LA School System

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

Addressing the Out-of-School Suspension Crisis: A Policy Guide for School Board Members

7/30/2018
Addressing the Out-of-School Suspension Crisis: A Policy Guide for School Board Members

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

Ending the School to Prison Pipeline

7/30/2018
Ending the School to Prison Pipeline

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

Campaign Strategy Reading List

7/22/2018
Campaign Strategy Reading List

Look here to explore a thoughtful collection of additional readings and resources relevant to campaign strategies.

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Using Legal Advocacy to Achieve Social Change

6/26/2018
Using Legal Advocacy to Achieve Social Change

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

Stepping into the Fight: A Guide for Nonprofits to Understand and Engage in Legal Advocacy

6/26/2018
Stepping into the Fight: A Guide for Nonprofits to Understand and Engage in Legal Advocacy

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

Evaluating Legal Advocacy: A How-To Guide for Evaluators, Funders, and Advocates

6/26/2018
Evaluating Legal Advocacy: A How-To Guide for Evaluators, Funders, and Advocates

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

Youth Justice Coalition: Organizing Strategies: FROM ISOLATION TO ACTION

6/26/2018
Youth Justice Coalition: Organizing Strategies: FROM ISOLATION TO ACTION

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

Youth Justice Coalition: Self Defense (Legal Rights)

6/26/2018
Youth Justice Coalition: Self Defense (Legal Rights)

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

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