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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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- 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!
Author Archives: Suspensionstories
“Henry Giroux | Neoliberalism, Youth and Social Justice”
Truthout: “Increasingly, in the United States, poor minority and low-income youth, especially those from marginalized ethnic and indigenous groups, are often warehoused in schools that resemble boot camps, dispersed to dank and dangerous work places far from the enclaves of … Continue reading
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“Reforms take aim at Kentucky youth incarceration”
The Courier-Journal: “FRANKFORT, Ky. – Troubled children who skip school or run away from home will receive diversion programs rather than jail time under sweeping reforms that take effect next year in Kentucky. The state has ranked high nationally in recent years for … Continue reading
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“Parental Incarceration Has Worsened Disparities Between Black, White Children”
Black Star Journal: “A pair of sociologists has taken a ruler to the role that parental incarceration plays in childhood inequality, only to learn that a measuring wheel might have been a more appropriate tool. By the time they reached … Continue reading
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Youth March From Detroit to Lansing Against Zero Tolerance Policies
“Students, parents challenge zero-tolerance policies” “Detroit Free Press: DETROIT — Michael Reynolds is willing to go to extremes to shed light on what he says is a big problem: zero-tolerance policies that are driving kids like him out of school … Continue reading
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Video: Why Zero Tolerance is 100% Unequal?
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Jesse Williams of “Grey’s Anatomy” Talks School Pushout On Arsenio Hall: “America as a whole needs to make some changes”
Known for his role on “Grey’s Anatomy” and his good looks, Jesse Williams also has had some poignant commentary on white supremacy, “criminalization of the black body” and African American representation in cinema. Listen to him talk here about his … Continue reading
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“CPS Students Want State Lawmakers To Fix ‘Broken’ School Discipline Policies”
Progress Illinois: “A group of Chicago students is ratcheting up the pressure on state lawmakers to get behind “common-sense” school disciplinary policies. Students leaders with Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) argue zero tolerance discipline policies have resulted in … Continue reading
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“Does Putting Children In Jail Solve Anything?”
Social Work Helper: “During a single year, an estimated 2.1 million youth under the age of 18 are arrested in the United States. When we think of mass incarceration, we cannot just think of adults. Countless boys and girls are funneled from schools … Continue reading
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Dramatic Transformation of A School In Inner City Denver After Restorative Justice Implemented
Restorative Justice Online: “Defending restorative discipline by Jeremy Simons When I started working at Cole Middle School in inner city Denver in 2003, it was ranked dead last in the entire state of Colorado, with proficiency scores on standardized testing … Continue reading
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“A Fascinating Way to Put a Stop to the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Black Children”
AlterNet: “Destiny was in eighth grade when, in the middle of an altercation with another student, she grabbed a teacher’s jacket and threw it out of a classroom window. She was enrolled at the Lyons Community School in Brooklyn, N.Y., … Continue reading
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Alternatives to Calling Police on Young People – Amazing Popular Education Project, “Chain Reaction”
“Chain Reaction” is a unique popular education project that supports alternatives to calling police on young people – it elevates the voices and perspectives of youth through audio, visuals, a toolkit and much more. Check it out here. “Chain Reaction is … Continue reading
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“Campaign for Restorative Justice Gains Ground in Santa Ana”
Voice of OC: “Santa Ana activists have been on a mission to have government leaders transform the way they deal with youths who commit crimes. And on Monday evening, their effort took another step forward. At a meeting of the … Continue reading
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