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The School Girls Deserve Creating Safe and Supportive Schools for Girls and Gender Nonconforming Youth of Color

Girls for Gender Equity 2

School Pushout is: Anything that prevents or gets in the way of a young person completing their education. More specifically, the practices , policies , and actions that render them vulnerable to significant danger and undesirable outcomes.

Identity The Gender Attraction Bread Person Expression Sex

Choose One. 5

10X to be disciplined in school Crenshaw, Ocen, & Nanda (2015) 6X to receive out-of-school suspension Crenshaw, Ocen, & Nanda (2015) 4X arrested in school Morris, Epstein, & Yusu 2017

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Whose safety? Agents 5,200 School Safety Guidance 2,850 Counselors 1,193 Social Workers

“ Where can we be safe? Where can we be free? Where can we be Black? - Solange 10

“ In elementary school, people would catcall me in the halls, and make sexual comments. I didn’t report it though because I didn’t want to make a fuss over it.” Zora, 10th grader, Manhattan . 11

1,100,000,000 Students in NYC Public Schools 1,700 NYC Public Schools 1 Title IX Coordinator

Who’s ready to change this?

“ ...Only speak from that space in the margin that is a sign of deprivation, a wound, an unfilled longing. Only speak your pain. bell hooks

Youth Visions for our School Communities

Vision 1: Affirming Curriculum 16

Vision 2: Stronger Support Systems 17

Vision 3: End racist and sexist discipline practices.

Vision 4: Resources to get their needs met . 19

Your Turn. 20

Action 1: Save the Federal Guidance on School Discipline

Action 2: Join the trauma-informed schools for girls of color learning network Visit: schools4girlsofcolor.org

Action 3: Join the Dignity in Schools Campaign https://dignityinschools.org/about-us/become-a-member

Action 4: Get to know the Discipline Code aka “The Blue Book”

Action 5: Familiarize yourself with : ● Respect for All ● Dignity Act ● Title IX

Action 6: Read the Transgender Student Guidelines

“ All that you touch you change All you change changes you.” Octavia Butler 27

Let’s Discuss! Questions? Brittany Brathwaite, MPH, MSW Girls for Gender Equity research@ggenyc.org