Gwinnett SToPP represented again for the 2022 Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) National Week of Action (WoA). This year’s WoA was Saturday, October 8th through Sunday, October 16th. The theme was “Building the Schools our Communities Deserve NOW!” Gwinnett SToPP hosted two events to commemorate the week. Our first event included two panel discussions and […]
Category Archives: Week of Action
Week Of Action Event – Community Not Cops
From October 16th through October 24th, the Dignity In Schools Campaign (DSC) members and allies participated in the National Week Of Action. The event is a time for grassroots organizations to raise awareness against school pushout. This year’s theme was Community Not Cops, and it perfectly illustrates the true solution to improve the success […]
WoA Kick Cops Out of Schools Virtual Event
Gwinnett SToPP went virtual for our 2020 Dignity In Schools Week of Action! Our ED, Marlyn Tillman joined three of our advocates (Amina, Rama, and Melody) to discuss Police Free Schools in Gwinnett County. We were also joined by civil rights attorney Adam Fernandez, Vice President of Policy and Strategic Engagement at Lawyers for Good […]
From Lockers to Lockdown: Educate Students, Stop Arrests
Someone somewhere said, “Build it and they will come”. Gwinnett SToPP did just that for this year’s Dignity in Schools Week of Action event that was hosted at Georgia Gwinnett College in collaboration with the End Mass Incarceration GA Network, Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, GGC Psi Chi Honor Society and GGC Student Government […]
2019 Week of Action
We are doing it again!! This October we are looking forward to the 10th anniversary of the Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) National Week of Action (WoA)! As a member of DSC, Gwinnett SToPP will again host a local WoA event. The theme this year is “Educate Students Stop Arrests” which is play on […]
From Lockers to Lockdown: Black Boys, Special Education and the STPP
Gwinnett Coalition to Dismantle the School To Prison Pipeline (Gwinnett SToPP), Georgia Council for Developmental Disabilities (GCDD), and Interfaith Children’s Movement in conjunction with the Dignity in Schools Week Of Action, hosted “From Lockers to Lockdown: Black Boys, Special Education and the School to Prison Pipeline” last Saturday. The event explored racial equity in schools and […]
Sit Tight, Education is a Human Right!
This year, Gwinnett SToPP partnered with the ACLU of Georgia, Georgia Legal Services Program, and Interfaith Children’s Movement to conduct a day-long education civil rights workshop as part of the Dignity in Schools Campaign’s National Week of Action. Participants met at Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Lilburn, Georgia on October 21, 2017 to learn their […]
Gwinnett SToPP Rallies for Change in Student Discipline on the Town Square in Lawrenceville
Once again, passionate parents and dedicated community members came together on the town square in Lawrenceville to rally in support of reforms in school discipline across Gwinnett County and Georgia. The rally was part of the Dignity in Schools Campaign National Week of Action Against School Pushout. More than two dozen students and adults converged […]
Dignity in Schools National Week of Action October 4-11, 2014
This year the Georgia Partners of the Dignity in Schools Campaign hosted two recent events in conjunction with the National Week of Action. On October 4th, we hosted the 2nd Annual March and Rally Against School Pushout at the Casey University Avenue Site in the Pittsburgh community of Atlanta. The second event was a School […]
Dignity in Schools Campaign Week of Action Hosts Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School Education Seminar
The Georgia Partners of the Dignity in Schools Campaign Week of Action and Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School will offer a free seminar regarding school to prison pipeline issues, Saturday October 11 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Gwinnett. Learn your rights as a parent and your children’s rights […]