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Suspension Stories is a youth-led participatory action research project to understand the school to prison pipeline. This initiative is the result of a collaboration between the Rogers Park Young Women's Action Team (www.rogersparkywat.org) and Project NIA (www.project-nia.org).
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Recent Posts
- Video: “What We Carry On Our Backs: The School To Prison Pipeline”
- “Charter schools’ discipline policy under fire”
- “The the number of serious incidents of misbehavior plummeted 60 percent…”
- Freedom Summer Youth Congress Addressing Youth Criminalization & More This Summer
- Kiera Wilmot, the Honor Student Who Was Arrested For a Botched Science Experiment, Tells Her Story
- JJIE: “Life after Juvenile Detention”
- “Are School Closings the ‘New Jim Crow’? Activists File Civil Rights Complaints.”
- Communities Around The Country Gear Up For National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth!
Daily Archives: December 14, 2010
Update on 5th Grader Who Was Suspended for Peppermint Oil
Here is another example of “zero tolerance” policies run amok from Long Island where a 5th grader was suspended for bringing peppermint oil to school. Administrators at a Long Island school suspended a 10-year-old girl for bringing peppermint oil to … Continue reading
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Youth Activism to Challenge the School to Prison Pipeline
It’s important to highlight the many ways that young people are working to dismantle the school to prison pipeline. Here is a report about a group of youth in California who are marching for 50 miles to raise awareness between … Continue reading
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