Monday, JUNE 22
Monday, JUNE 22
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Freedom Inc. in Madison, WI: For the last 3 years, the young people of Freedom Inc. in Madison, WI have been organizing for the elimination of the Madison Metropolitan School District contract with Madison Police Department and the removal of police from schools.
Gloria Reyes, president of the school board and former police officer, announced she would support removing police from schools, but does not believe this decision can be made without forming a subcommittee to study the issue and make recommendations.
Youth of color already created a plan: Take cops out of schools and create an accountability process for school personnel who use police to harm children; invest in the leadership, wellness, and creativity of Black youth and youth of color; use Transformative Justice instead of punishing youth; and give youth, parents, trusted adults real decision making power over schools.
Support the Black and Brown young people and call on Gloria Reyes to put the vote to eliminate the contract on the next school board meeting agenda - call at (608) 228-5303 or email at greyes@madison.k12.wi.us!
Join Freedom Inc's Youth Justice Team (YJT) and Freedom Youth Squad (FYS) on Monday, June 22, 2020, at 4 PM CST for a LIVE political education about Police Free Schools and how you can support the campaign!
Puente Human Rights Movement in Phoenix, AZ: In 2017, the young people of Puente Human Rights Movement launched their Cops Outta Campus campaign, driving the end of the school-to-prison-to-deportation pipeline and demanding the removal of police from school campus, the implementation of restorative justice, mental health support services, and Ethnic Studies. As of June 2019, Phoenix Union High School District board members Stephanie Parra, Stanford Prescott and Steve Gallardo all voted to renew SRO’s Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Phoenix, but they have yet to vote on their 2020-2021 IGA. Youth are calling on Board President Stephanie Parra to hold a special meeting to defund school police. Students, parents, and teachers all need to know they are safe, all funding should be used for student support services, teachers, counselors, social workers, not the police. Students can’t wait until August! Click to send an email to Stephanie Parra demanding a special session.
Police Free Schools Coalition in Chicago, IL: For the last several years, young people in Chicago have been building a coalition of Black and Brown students organizing for the removal of police from schools and investments in their schools and communities. Young people are demanding the city of Chicago terminate it’s $33 million contract with the Chicago Police Department and use those funds to provide emergency response counseling and support for students in crisis. If re-allocated, the $33 million currently allotted to 180 SROs in CPS could fund positions for 317 social workers, 314 school psychologists, or 322 nurses. Last week Wednesday, three Chicago Aldermen co-sponsored an ordinance to terminate the CPS contract with CPD. But Mayor Lightfoot is trying to kill the ordinance before it even gets a vote by having one of her allies in City Council, Ald. Taliaferro, bury it in the rules committee (where legislation gets sent to die). Send a message to Mayor Lightfoot, Ald. Taliaferro, and the Chicago City Council to get the bill out of the rules committee so it can be voted on immediately! Tell Chicago Public Schools CEO, Janice Jackson, young people deserve police free schools. Learn more about their #CopsOutCPS organizing on their new website here.
Cops out of Pittsburgh Public Schools Coalition: A coalition of more than 20 organizations including OnePA, National Movement for Black Lives, ACLU PA, Women and Girls Foundation, Education Rights Network, Gwen’s Girls/Black, Girls Equity Alliance, Education Law Center, Journey for Justice, Dignity in Schools, and Center for Popular Democracy, are calling on the Pittsburgh Public School Board of Directors to immediately remove School Police, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, and probation officers from in and around schools; end systems of policing that contribute to the surveillance, militarization, and criminalization of students; and, invest is support services and community envisioning processes in relation to school safety. Community members are hosting an in person and virtual rally at the Pittsburgh Board of Education building. Send a written statement in support of police free schools to Board Secretary Laura Getty at lgetty1@pghschools.org!
Black Organizing Project in Oakland: Educators are rallying support for the Black Organizing Project’s 10 year long campaign to eliminate the Oakland Unified School District School Police Department with a Educators for Black Sanctuary Action. The Oakland Education Association will co-lead with BOP a rally, art making, and caravan demanding the Oakland Unified School District Board of Education will vote YES to the George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Unified School District Police Department on June 24th, 2020. BOP is leading a 10 Days of Action for police free schools, building groundswell support from community leaders, organizations, and labor from across the state and the country. If you are in Oakland, listen live at 4PM PST on 88.3 FM and elevate BOP’s demands and People’s Plan for Police Free Schools!
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