JOIN TODAY'S #HERDREAMDEFERRED EVENT #BLACKGIRLSMATTER Countering Criminalization In and Out of School
2:00 EST - MONDAY MARCH 28
DID YOU KNOW?
Black girls represent 16 percent of female students but almost half of all girls with a school-related arrest.
Black girls are suspended at six times the rate of white girls, while Black boys are suspended at three times the rate of white boys.
Queer and gender-nonconforming youth are significantly overrepresented in the juvenile justice system; and more than 60% of the 300,000 gay and transgender youth arrested or detained each year are Black or Latino.
A racialized fear-tactic from the work of one political scientist predicting a wave of ‘super predators’ among students in the wake of student violence in the 1990s became a driving force among legislators towards militarization of school discipline.
Illinois passed legislation to take effect in September 2016 that will limit the use of zero tolerance policies in its schools, showing that schools CAN move away from these harmful policies.
Black girls continue to suffer from criminalization and dehumanization at the hands of the very institutions that are supposed to support and educate them. Participate in a conversation on how to bring the needs of our girls out of the shadows and squarely into the light of public concern and action.
Join us for a webinar featuring Kimberle Crenshaw, Monique Morris, Priscilla Ocen, and other stakeholders as we discuss the growing movement to address the needs of Black girls in and out of the classroom.
"#BlackGirlsMatter: Countering Criminalization In and Out of School" will explore these concerns and more: How can we shift conversations on combating the school-to-prison pipeline to include cis and trans girls and gender nonconforming Black youth? How can we create the public will to collect data on the experience of this population and direct resources to meet their needs? How can we foster educational environments that encourage learning and community-building rather than punishment and pushout?
Join the conversation on social media using the hashtags #BlackGirlsMatter and #HerDreamDeferred! A Twitter chat will be held at 3:30 EST, directly following the panel discussion.
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