World Class Education for Whom?

Does the Gifted Program Further Educational Disparity?

Gwinnett County Board of Education Districts 1 & 3 Candidate Forum

Gwinnett County Board of Education District V Candidate Forum

Week of Action 2019

2019 WoA Flyer w-partners logos-1a RESIZED

1-ACLU school-prison

Attendees' stories led them down the STPP path or...

2-grad caps

the path to graduation and a successful life.

3-Page from Tell-It-Like-It-Is_pg_1

4-Page from Tell-It-Like-It-Is_pg_2

IMG_0492

IMG_0489

IMG_0488

IMG_0449 (2)

5-AP STPP Graphic

IMG_0485 (2)

IMG_0482 (2)

IMG_0481

IMG_0479

6-restorativejustice

IMG_0476 (2)

8-Trauma Informed Schools Sign

IMG_0475 (2)

IMG_0471 (2)

IMG_0470 (3)

IMG_0468 (2)

IMG_0467 (2)

IMG_0465 (4)

IMG_0464 (2)

IMG_0463

IMG_0447

IMG_0458

IMG_0457 (2)

7-Station RJ-1

IMG_0456 (2)

IMG_0454

IMG_0451

IMG_0450 (2)

IMG_0517

IMG_0504 (2)

IMG_0507 (2)

IMG_0525

IMG_0523

IMG_0515

IMG_0514 (2)

IMG_0513

IMG_0511 (3)

IMG_0510

IMG_0509 (2)

IMG_0508 (2)

IMG_0506 (2)

Gwinnett SToPP & Dignity in Schools Campaign Rally Against Excessive Force in Gwinnett Schools

IMG_20170420_183305

IMG_20170420_184115

IMG_20170420_184406

IMG_20170420_183320

IMG_20170420_184309

IMG_20170420_183318

IMG_20170420_184058

IMG_20170420_184209

IMG_20170420_184215

IMG_20170420_184234

IMG_20170420_184345

DSCF0005

DSC in DC

DSCinDC-3senate12052016

Members of the Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) were in DC for training as well as meeting w/various federal agencies.

dscindc-4senate12052016

Meeting w/Senator Murphy's staff.

dscindc-5senate12052016

dscindc-6senate12052016

dscindc-doj1-12052016

Next meeting on deck was at the Department of Justice on our campaign #CounselorsNotCops.

dscindc-doj2-12052016

Passing through a library.

dscindc-doj3-12052016

One of the frescos on the wall.

dscindc-doj4-12052016

We've arrived!

dscindc-doj5-12052016

The meeting room was formerly part of J. Edgar Hoover's office. The other half is now the office of Assistant Atty General Gupta.

dscindc-doj6-12052016

DSCinDC-wh1-12052016

We were at the White House to meet with the Roy Austin, Deputy Asst to the President, Office of Urban Affairs, Justice and Opportunity; and Mario Cardoza, Senior Policy Advisor regarding education and justice issues.

dscindc-wh2-12052016

Our meeting was in the beautiful Indian Treaty Room.

dscindc-wh3-12052016

dscindc-wh4-12052016

dscindc-wh5-12052016

dscindc-wh6-12052016

dscindc-wh7-12052016

dscindc-wh8-12052016

dscindc-wh9-12052016

dscindc-wh10-12052016

dscindc-wh12-12052016

While leaving, Joe Biden's motorcade rolled in. Quite a spectacle to watch unfold. VP Biden is on the right close to the white lines.

Week of Action 2016

woa2016-11

woa2016-10

woa2016-9

Youth voice is so important in this space.

woa2016-8

Learning from students is key.

woa2016-7

woa2016-5

woa2016-3

woa2016-2

woa2016-1

woa2016-school-bd-meeting-1

The Spelman Chapter NAACP came to support us giving testimony at the school board meeting.

woa2016-collage

Roots & Remedies 2016

Roots & Remedies-1

Roots & Remedies-2

Roots & Remedies was held in Chicago this year.

TSN Pre-conference-1

TSN Pre-conference-2

TSN Pre-conference-3

TSN Pre-conference-4

TSN Pre-conference-5

TSN Pre-conference-6

TSN Pre-conference-7

TSN Pre-conference-8

R&R Opening Ceremony-1

The Mexica Yolotl Dance Troupe. Roots & Remedies always opens with honoring indigenous people.

R&R Opening Ceremony-2

R&R Opening Ceremony-3

R&R Opening Ceremony-4

R&R Opening Ceremony-5

R&R Opening Ceremony-6

R&R Opening Ceremony-7

Momentum Lab- The Future is Youth-1

Momentum Lab- The Future is Youth-2

Momentum Lab- The Future is Youth-3

Momentum Lab- The Future is Youth-4

R&R Worshop-1

Gwinnett SToPP facilitated a workshop on STPP. Participants brainstormed on how to disrupt it.

R&R Workshop-2

Gwinnett SToPP facilitated a workshop on STPP.

R&R Workshop-3

Gwinnett SToPP facilitated a workshop on STPP.

R&R Conference-1

R&R Conference-2

R&R Conference-3

R&R Conference-4

R&R Conference-5

R&R Conference-6

Bronzeville Tour site visit- Kenwood Oakland Community Organization

R&R Conference-7

R&R Conference-8

Week of Action 2015

GSToPP-2

GSToPP-3

GSToPP-4

GSToPP-5

GSToPP-8

GSToPP-10

GSToPP-11

IMG_0333

IMG_0335

IMG_0341

IMG_0345

IMG_0365

GSToPP-1

White House Rethink Discipline Conference July 2015

Rethink Discipline Conference-2

Rethink Discipline Conference-1

U.S. DOE/DOJ School Discipline Guidance Release January 2014

DOE/DOJ School Discipline Guidance Release-1

Harold Jordan, ACLU of Pennsylvania

DOE/DOJ School Discipline Guidance Release-2

Rebecca Arnold, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Lara Kaufmann, National Women's Law Center; Deb Vagins, ACLU Washington Legislative Office (l-r)

DOE/DOJ School Discipline Guidance Release-3

Kristen Harper, OSER (r) and U.S. ED staff

DOE/DOJ School Discipline Guidance Release-4

Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education

Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education

Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General

U.S. DOE/DOJ School Discipline Guidance Release

DOE/DOJ School Discipline Guidance Release-5

DOE/DOJ School Discipline Guidance Release-6

l-r: Damon Todd Hewitt, NAACP LDF; U.S. Senator Chris Murphy; Joyce Parker, DSC; Arne Duncan, Sec of Ed.; Marlyn Tillman, Gwinnett SToPP/DSC

Eric Holder and Gwinnett SToPP Co-founder

Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General

DOE/DOJ School Discipline Guidance Release-7

DOE/DOJ School Discipline Guidance Release-8

DOE/DOJ School Discipline Guidance Release-9

Georgia Partners DSC Week of Action Rally October 2013

We Can Do Better Conference July 2013

We Can Do Better Conference Town Hall

Regina Butler, Gwinnett SToPP Parent Leader

Regina Butler, Gwinnett SToPP Parent Leader (l)

We Can Do Better Conference-1

We Can Do Better Conference-2

We Can Do Better Conference-3

We Can Do Better Conference-4

We Can Do Better Conference-5

Gwinnett SToPP Parents with Advancement Project