A Special Thank You to…
Mariame Kaba for being our primary adult ally for all of these years, for sharing your knowledge and amazing spirit with all of us. This could not have happened without you.
Naomi Milstein for being a terrific adult ally and sharing your audio skills with us.
Billy Dee for sharing your incredible artistic talent with us and for just being a great adult ally.
Justin Grey and the young people from Connect Force for sharing your amazing artistic talents with this project. We loved collaborating with you.
Jeff McCarter, Christiana Santos and the Youth Filmmakers from Free Spirit Media for being such great partners over all of these years.
Steans Family Foundation for providing summer funding that allowed us to launch this project.
Chicago Freedom School for providing us with an urgent action fund grant.
Dignity in Schools Campaign for providing us with a small grant to film our October event.
Caitlin Ostrow-Seidler for creating our great poster.
Jennifer Wisniewski for sharing your graphic design talent with us by creating the Chicago School to Prison Pipeline Infographic.
Angela Jones from the New York Civil Liberties Union for sharing your curriculum with us.
Sarah Atlas for her steadfast support and willingness to be an ally to young people.
Loyola University Social Justice Advocates and Sharon Claros for presenting at our April event.
Chanell Marshall for her amazing photography talents and for being an ally to young people.
Chicago Youth Igniting Change for being great allies to our work.
Depaul University for the many resources (including human) that they have provided to us in this process.
Ana Mercado and Youth from Blocks Together for presenting at our April and October events. The young people from Blocks Together provide a great example for all of us about what it takes to organize against the school to prison pipeline.
Erin Moore and Neighborhood Writing Alliance for participating in our April event.
Lynn Morton and Community Organizing for Family Issues for participating in our April event.
Hilesh Patel for participating in our April event.l
Ann Russo for being one of the best adult allies and just the best supporter of our work.
Patty Seeburger for volunteering at our April event.
Steans Center for Community Service at Depaul University for all of your support.
FM Supreme and Young Chicago Authors for participating in our April event.
Wynne Turkington for volunteering at our April event.
Mari Yaginuma for volunteering at our April event.
Ilana Zafran and Umoja Student Development Corporation for participating in our April event.
