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Intersectionality, Intensification, and Introspection
Since the rise of COVID-19, we have seen a national push for responses in areas in which neglect has occurred nationally. COVID-19 in the United States has led to deaths, intensification of trauma, and the widespread recognition of the racial disparities within the United States. Although these disparities are nothing new, it has garnered a…
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Meet Isaiah
Meet Isaiah T., one of our summer interns. Isaiah is a recent graduate from Grayson High School, and will attend Georgia Tech in the coming Fall. We look forward to Isaiah adding a more youthful perspective to the organization. I will be majoring in Aerospace Engineering and minoring in Public Policy, an uncanny combination; I…
- Meeting | Parents | Uncategorized | Youth
Upcoming Community Meeting – We’ve Been Corona’d
Thanks to the coronavirus, our next community meeting will be held via video/phone conference on Monday, April 13, 2020, 7:00-8:30pm. Check out the agenda and get meeting credentials.
An Open Letter: A Call for Safety and Justice in GCPS
Gwinnett County Students, Caregivers, and Educators Demand Safety and Justice, not Criminalization in Open Letter Monday, November 14, 2022 Contact: 678-358-3217, young.ga.justice@gmail.com GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. – Georgia Youth Justice Coalition and Gwinnett County students, caregivers, and educators, alongside partners Gwinnett SToPP, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Gwinnett County NAACP, released an open letter…
- Deft Digest | Education | Parents | Uncategorized | Youth
Reimagining Safety in a Surveilled Community
A question I continuously revisit is if increased surveillance truly makes a population feel safe. Does the camera on every corner, police car in every lot, and metal detectors in schools actually make community members and students feel safer? I remember being in the 5th grade, and constantly worried about getting caught doing something wrong,…
Queer Identities in the Classroom
TW: Suicide When we talk about policing in schools, the conversation is usually centered around race, which is an extremely important point to touch on; however, it is important to be intersectional in our approach, as stated before. Living in a heteronormative society, LGBTQ+ kids usually have such a difficult time navigating their identity and…