Schools, Not Pre-Prisons Campaign
![](http://www.thestrategycenter.org/sites/www.thestrategycenter.org/files/imagecache/thumb/Manuel+CNN.jpg "CNN features Community Rights on "zero tolerance," truancy tickets in schools")
CNN features Community Rights on "zero tolerance," truancy tickets in schools
Just yesterday, CNN ran a top story in their legal news section that features our Community Rights work against truancy tickets and pre-prison conditions in schools: "But one thing is sure: Alexa's case isn't the first. At schools across the country, police are being asked to step in..."
![](http://www.thestrategycenter.org/sites/www.thestrategycenter.org/files/imagecache/thumb/teaser_images/New-Jim-Crow-book-jacket-we.jpg "Michelle Alexander: Book Signing and Discussion of her new book "The New Jim Crow"")
Michelle Alexander: Book Signing and Discussion of her new book "The New Jim Crow"
Los Angeles -- Thurs: Freedom Hall 4:30 PM; Fri: Eso Won Bookstore 7PM
Call and Email the LAUSD: Support Alternatives to Truancy Tickets!
We come to you in a period of critical junction, the movement is growing, there are important openings and junctures at LAUSD and LASPD and your support is crucial. We need immediate action from you!
Advancement Project Releases New Report: Test, Punish, & Push Out
The report looks at how punitive discipline and testing policies and practices have combined to turn many schools into hostile and alienating environments that drive youth out of school and toward the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
We highly encourage our members and supporters to read this important
document.
Activists call for reform of LA School Police Department
Article linked from 89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio 01/28/2010:
A Day of Action at Cleveland High School
By Diana Martinez, Editor
Article linked from the San Fernando Valley Sun 01/28/2010
Police in LAUSD Schools: The Need for Accountability and Alternatives
The Strategy Center's Community Rights Campaign in collaboration with the Los Angeles Chapter of Dignity in Schools Campaign release the first of two policy papers, Police in LAUSD Schools: The Need for Accountability and Alternatives, to strengthen accountability and transparency in the Los Angeles School Police Department (LASPD) for Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students and families.
California's future of education cuts & expanding prisons | Pre-Prison Diaries: November 11, 2009
"Pre-Prison Diaries" is a series from the Community Rights Campaign in which organizers, students and parents share stories and observations about truancy tickets, police in schools, zero tolerance, and other "pre-prison" conditions and experiences. Jackie Hill, current freshmen at Dominguez Hills, shares how the recent budget crisis and the increased spending on prisons in the last 25 years have impacted her life as a young Black woman.
