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Advocating for Race Equity in in Exc xclusi siona nary y Dis iscipline ne Education: Lack of Trauma ma and Resources rces Commu muni nity ty Disrupting the School-to- Vio iolence nce Prison Pipeline Candace Moore, Senior
Candace Moore, Senior Staff Attorney Presented Feb. 14th, 2019
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We are civil rights lawyers and advocates working to secure racial equity and economic opportunity for all. We provide legal representation through partnerships with the private bar, and collaborate with grassroots organizations and other advocacy groups to implement community-based solutions that advance civil rights.
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and individual attorneys, grass roots groups, educational institutions, and other advocacy
successful legal outcomes, and strengthens
achieve their broader social justice goals.
IMPACT By matching clients with attorneys, we increase the likelihood of successful
high impact advocacy strategies to address underlying policies, practices, systems, and structures that perpetuate poverty and racial disparities. EQUITY Recognizing the broad reach of discrimination, we challenge oppressive practices, advocate for expanded access to
to succeed. EMPOWERMENT By listening and providing information, tools, and legal support, we strengthen communities’ capacities to advocate for themselves on the issues they identify as priorities. INNOVATION In a constantly changing environment, we utilize a multi-faceted advocacy tool box to develop solutions for today’s most pressing civil rights challenges. We work with clients and community leaders to craft the “right strategy at the right time” to secure the
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VOTING RIGHTS HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATION EQUITY
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I N F O G R A P H I C C R E A T E D B Y T H E A D V A N C E M E N T P R O J E C T
District Enrollment: 400,545 Out of School Suspension: 49,674 In School Suspension: 37,951 Expulsions: 442
CPS DISCIPLINE BY RACE (‘13-‘14)
District Enrollment: 396,683
In School Suspension: 38,869 Out of School Suspension: 22,652 Expulsions: 329 (includes charter and district) CPS DISCIPLINE BY RACE SY 15- ’16 # OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
White - 9% African American - 39% Native American - less than 1% Asian - 4% Hispanic - 46% Multiracial - 1% Other- Less than 1% White- 2% African American-71% Native American- Less than 1% Asian- Less than 1% Hispanic-25% Multiracial- Less than 1% Other- Less than 1% White- 3% African American- 71% Native American- Less than 1% Asian-Less than 1% Hispanic -25% Multiracial - 1% Other -Less than 1% White-Less than 1% African American- 77% Native American- 0% Asian- 0% Hispanic-31% Multiracial- Less than 1% Other - 0%
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POLICE IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
White-3% African American- 66% Native American- Less than 1% Asian- 1% Hispanic-28% Multiracial- Less than 1% Other - Less than 1%
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Education’s Office of Civil Rights showed that in Illinois there were
more than 2,400 expulsions, and more than 10,000 arrests in just one school year.
instructional days per year.
Research by Dr. Pamela Fenning, Kelsie Reed, and Melissa Bravo, Loyola University Chicago School of Education (2018)
Key Lessons
Assessment
Equity The Racial Justice Institute is a groundbreaking national leadership program, grounded in a commitment to race-equity as an integral and essential part
Education is often referred to as the “civil rights issue of our time.” The most glaring disparity between past social justice movements and the current education reform movement is that the most visible and active leadership “heroes” in education reform typically do not represent the socio-economic or racial diversity of the populations it seeks to serve.
The Surge Institute is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the empowerment, advancement, growth, and achievement of youth and communities of color. We do this by educating and elevating leaders of color, preparing them to transform urban education and expand the
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Practices No Longer Allowed
and Imposing a fine
Limits School’s Disciplinary Process and Practices “to the Greatest Extent Practicable”
Disciplinary Transfers
New supports for students experiencing exclusionary discipline
recovery credit
The Transforming School Discipline Collaborative (TSDC) is an interdisciplinary team of attorneys, school psychologists, policy advocates and community partners dedicated to supporting districts and schools to implement equitable and non-exclusionary discipline practices.
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aimed at meaningful and sustainable reform.
and opportunity for power to shift.
People are experts of their own experience and should have the power to identify and create solutions.
courageous.
this country. It should also be a moment for us to renew our commitment to future of Black lives.