High School Organizing
Sample Drop-out/Push-out Prevention and Truancy Reduction Programs
A document on a variety of examples of drop-out prevention and truancy reduction
programs that can serve as examples of alternatives to ticketing and
police/court involvement.
Positive Behavior Support Discipline Policy
Los Angeles Unified School District's School-Wide Positive Behavior Support policy establishes a framework that focuses on proactive strategies designed to prevent discipline problems.
LAUSD Equal Protection Resolution
A resolution passed by LAUSD Board members Ms. LaMotte, Ms. Garcia, and Ms. Flores-Aguilar that supports equal protection and
civil rights for all students in LAUSD.
Counterproductive and Wasteful -- End the Tickets: Alternatives for Youth
End the Tickets: Alternatives for Youth is a collection of reports and documents that reveal the problems of Los Angeles Municipal Code 45.04 and provide alternatives for youth that do not involve the use of tickets, police, probation or courts to address the root causes of LAUSD's 50% drop-out/push-out rate. This collection was presented to Los Angeles Unified School District at the October 20th, 2009 Board meeting as a platform to end the criminalization of truancy, tardiness and other disciplinary issues and as an alternative to the Verdugo Hills High model.
Yara Dorado | SYOA 2009 Graduation
Publication Date:
Sep 15 2009We Stand on the Shoulders of Soldiers:
SYOA Alumni 2009 Yara Dorado
Through spoken word pieces, each SYOA alumni reenacts a revolutionary
Preyanka Guiati | SYOA 2009 Graduation
Publication Date:
Sep 15 2009We Stand on the Shoulders of Soldiers:
SYOA Alumni 2009 Preyanka Guiati
Chinyere Garner and Mark-Anthony Johnson | SYOA 2009 Graduation
Publication Date:
Sep 15 2009We Stand on the Shoulders of Soldiers:
SYOA Alumni 2009 Chinyere Garner and Mark-Anthony Johnson
Through spoken word pieces, each SYOA alumni reenacts a revolutionary
SYOA 2009 Grads | Spoken Word Video to End School Pre-Prison Conditions
On August 29th, 2009 the Community Rights Campaign and its Summer Youth Organizing Academy held our third annual Graduation Celebration at a local community marketplace, Mercado La Paloma. Through spoken word pieces, each SYOA alumni reenacted a revolutionary activist/organizer from the past that inspires their work today--as they train to be the next generation of civil/human rights organizers with the Community Rights Campaign.
Problems of the Los Angeles Daytime Curfew Law
by Lisa Adler
Why were 12,000 students fined up to $250 each just for being late or away from school in 2008? We surveyed approximately 1,400 students and parents, held several focus groups, researched the citation process, and consulted with educational justice and civil rights organizations around the country.
