Category Archives: Criminalizing Youth

Video: “What We Carry On Our Backs: The School To Prison Pipeline”

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Suspensionstories

“Members of the Philadelphia Student Union collaborated with film-makers Aidan Un, Lendl Tellington, and Sarah Milinski to create videos on issues that are relevant to the lives of young people in Philadelphia.” Original link.

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“Charter schools’ discipline policy under fire”

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Suspensionstories

The Advocate: “Wesley Nakamura is teaching a sophomore algebra class at Carver Collegiate Academy in New Orleans East. A student near the front of the room raises his hand and asks to go to the restroom. Things go badly from … Continue reading →

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“The the number of serious incidents of misbehavior plummeted 60 percent…”

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Suspensionstories

The American Prospect: “Before 2006, when Debora Borges-Carrera became the principal at Kensington Creative & Performing Arts High School (KCAPA) in north Philadelphia, the school was the scene of pandemonium. Not a day seemed to go by without a fight … Continue reading →

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Freedom Summer Youth Congress Addressing Youth Criminalization & More This Summer

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Suspensionstories

Jackson Free Press: Freedom Summer to Empower Youth “Albert Sykes grew up in west Jackson the next block over from the street where Medgar and Myrlie Evers lived, but says he never had a real connection to the Civil Rights … Continue reading →

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Kiera Wilmot, the Honor Student Who Was Arrested For a Botched Science Experiment, Tells Her Story

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Suspensionstories

Advancement Project: “This is the story of Kiera Wilmot, who in her efforts to further her education, found herself caught up in the school-to-prison pipeline — arrested for a science experiment due to unfair disciplinary policies run without reason or … Continue reading →

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JJIE: “Life after Juvenile Detention”

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Suspensionstories

Juvenile Justice Information Exchange: “By: ELLY YU | May 23, 2014 JONESBORO, Ga. — Of all the birthdays Julie Kisaka remembers from her childhood, one clearly stands out among the rest. “There’s nothing worse than celebrating your 15th birthday in jail,” Kisaka said. … Continue reading →

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“Are School Closings the ‘New Jim Crow’? Activists File Civil Rights Complaints.”

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Suspensionstories

The Washington Post: BY LYNDSEY LAYTON       May 13 “Correction: An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of the Advancement Project’s Judith Browne Dianis. This version has been corrected. Arguing that school closures in cities across the … Continue reading →

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Powerful youth journalism: “Lost Friends: Violence through the eyes of Chicago’s youth”

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Suspensionstories

The pain, fear and trauma that youth go through daily as a result of their close proximity to indiscriminate violence is seldom given space for acknowledgement and healing and is in fact–often repressed or silenced via institutional racism and oppression. … Continue reading →

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“Mother’s Day When Your Mom’s in Prison”

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Suspensionstories

The effects of incarceration are numerous – visible & subtle, long-lasting and comprehensive. Particularly, it is seldom that the majority of us are exposed to the stories of those children whose parents have been locked up. Incarceration affects the families … Continue reading →

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May 19 – Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth Kickoff March!

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Suspensionstories

Please come out and join in an act of solidarity for the dignity of our youth! NIA Dispatches: “Please join us and several other Chicago groups on Monday, May 19, at 5pm at Paderewski Elementary School at 2221 S. Lawndale Avenue (a … Continue reading →

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“School reformers: zero-tolerance not the answer”

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Suspensionstories

WKAR: “Last week, students and advocates rallied at the Michigan Capitol after marching from Detroit to Lansing on foot. Students’ marching hoped to raise awareness about the state’s school discipline policies. At the rally, they asked lawmakers to remove  legislation … Continue reading →

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“Henry Giroux | Neoliberalism, Youth and Social Justice”

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Suspensionstories

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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