New analysis from Advancement Project and Alliance for Educational Justice of 372 assaults 372 police assaults of students from 2011-2023 and offers an analysis of assaults from the last school year, 2022-2023. Our data reveals the abuses of power police are capable of in our schools, despite false claims that police make students safer. In the last school year, not only were Black students (over 80%) overwhelmingly victims of police assault, over half of the victims were girls. Police sexual violence was the 2nd most frequent type of assault last year. Since 2011, sexual assault has moved up as the third most frequent type of police assault against students. Yet police faced no consequences for harming students in well over half of recorded incidents. Full report here: https://lnkd.in/gQdGB9Qt
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Advancement Project is a policy, communications and legal action group committed to racial justice founded by a team of veteran civil rights lawyers in 1999. Advancement Project was created to develop and inspire community-based solutions based on the same high quality legal analysis and public education campaigns that produced the landmark civil rights victories of earlier eras. From Advancement Project's inception, we have worked "on-the-ground," helping organized communities of color dismantle and reform the unjust and inequitable policies that undermine the promise of democracy. Simultaneously, we have aggressively sought and seized opportunities to promote this approach to racial and social justice among our colleagues and allies in the organizing, legal, policy, and philanthropic communities. Our Mission is: "To develop, encourage, and widely disseminate innovative ideas, and pioneer models that inspire and mobilize a broad national racial justice movement to achieve universal opportunity and a just democracy!"
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“Affected communities are not confused that these are civil rights issues that are raised by these decisions [of school closures]. They want someone with some teeth to step in and name it for what it is.” shared Katherine D., Advancement Project's Director of the Opportunity to Learn program. Last week, Advancement Project, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Journey for Justice Alliance issued a letter asking the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to draw a line in the sand by issuing guidance about when school closures run afoul of federal civil rights laws by placing an unfair burden on students from a racial or ethnic minority group or students with disabilities. Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4c5GQ4e
When Does a School Closure Become Discriminatory?
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The prevalence of school police departments has more than doubled over the past two decades to a point where school district police departments account for nearly 20% of all sworn school resource officers in the country. What happened in Uvalde should have been a tipping point to prove further that police, including school police departments, do not keep students safe. Advancement Project’s A Cop is A Cop report is a comprehensive guide outlining why the increasing trend of school police departments only creates violence, not safety.
our new brief, 'A Cop is A Cop: the rise of school district police departments and why they must be dismantled,' documents the alarming, rapid growth of school districts setting up their own police forces -- disproportionately policing Black and Latine students. These are not "special" police. Instead of safety, these school district police departments embed surveillance, harm, and violence into schools, criminalizing and assaulting students in these districts. LA and Oakland organizers are leading the way in reversing this trend.
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When we organize, we win! The Judicial Standards Commission closed its investigation against Justice Anita Earls! An important victory against right-wing attacks of Black women in powerful leadership positions. This was in part due to Advancement Project, NAACP, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and 13 other national and local civil rights groups pressuring the commission to drop their case.
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2024 will be an important year for the fight for a just democracy. Because our communities deserve nothing less. Fund our vision for 2024 and beyond. https://bit.ly/41nbvFX
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This year, you saw Advancement Project’s staff on the ground working with organized communities to strategize on campaigns and build solidarity in every region of the U.S. And in the courts fighting discriminatory systems and policies. And in the media adding racial justice analysis to critical issues of the day. Some of our work requires much more than what you might see. It’s also the behind-the-scenes moments of building deep relationships and weaving movements together that make our work possible. Help us support the genius of ordinary people everyday. Donate to Advancement Project’s Liberation fund: https://bit.ly/41nbvFX
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A critical victory for our client, Advancement Project, Juntos, and Public Justice, immigrant students and other young people across Philadelphia school district! The settlement calls for district-wide changes including: ➡ tweaks to the district’s restorative justice guidelines and its Title IX and VI training; ➡ mandating social-emotional anti-bullying lessons for all students; and ➡ an outside review of the school system’s discrimination and harassment policies. Great job, Katherine Dunn and team!
When our client was bullied and harassed in school based on his national origin and perceived sexual orientation, he went to his principal for help. But the principal threatened him with deportation, and the harassment continued -- despite the district's 'welcoming schools' policy that our partner Juntos won in 2021. Advancement Project was honored to represent this student, along with Public Justice and Emery Celli Brinckerhoff, to secure relief for the student and systemic change to prevent this from happening to any other students. https://lnkd.in/gaCFbJZC
After being bullied, a Philly student was threatened with deportation by his principal. Here’s what happened next.
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