Community Rights Campaign
Community Rights Monthly Meeting-11/7 at 11:00am
Date from/to:
Nov 7 2009 - 11:00am - Nov 7 2009 - 1:00pm
Contact Information:
Email lisa@thestrategycenter.org or call (213) 387-2800
Next Community Rights Monthly Meeting: Saturday, November 7th at 11:00am.
Location
First Unitarian Church
2936 West 8th Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90005United States
13-Year-Old and Family Deported Over 46 Cents | Immigrant Rights | Change.org
By LCSC Feeds
At a San Francisco school, a 13-year-old boy hit another youth and took 46 cents from him.
![](http://www.thestrategycenter.org/sites/www.thestrategycenter.org/files/imagecache/thumb/Officer+Delgado.jpg "We can't let this be the last word: "Almost every inmate in prison started out as a truant"")
We can't let this be the last word: "Almost every inmate in prison started out as a truant"
The San Fernando Valley Sun has been raising a public debate between us, the principal of Cleveland High, and LA School Police Dept Interim Chief Bowman. They've already written 3 pieces in a series. We need you to send letters to the editors because...
Policing the Schools of LAUSD
Truancy is a major issue for the Los Angeles Unified School District. On Feb. 18, the District held its second "Student Recovery Day."
Officials Step Up Enforcement of Rights Laws in Education - NYTimes.com
By LCSC Feeds
Seeking to step up enforcement of civil rights laws, the federal Department of Education says it will be sending letters in coming weeks to thousands of school districts and colleges, outlining their
State releases list of 'worst' schools | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times
By LCSC Feeds
A new list of California’s lowest-performing schools includes 39 from Los Angeles County, and a few surprises are among them.
Marty Hittelman: Saving Public Education in California & Unlocking the State Budget Juggernaut
The President of the California Federation of Teachers speaks about the statewide March 4 mobilization for public education, the ongoing attack on funding for public education in the state government, and how to unlock California's budget juggernaut to win real reform.
Cops vs. Kids in New York City Schools - New York Times OP-ED Columnist
By LCSC Feeds
If you don’t think the police in New York City need to be reined in, consider the way the cops and their agents are treating youngsters in the city’s schools.
![](http://www.thestrategycenter.org/sites/www.thestrategycenter.org/files/imagecache/thumb/Ashley+organizing.JPG "Prevention Beyond just "Say No" | Pre-Prison Diaries: March 4th, 2010")
Prevention Beyond just "Say No" | Pre-Prison Diaries: March 4th, 2010
Jazmin Martinez, a senior at Manual Arts High School, blogs about being searched in a round-up with an auditorium full of students for being tardy. She writes about the need to end the racialization of the "war on drugs" by creating forms of prevention, intervention and ultimately decriminalizing drug usage in her blog, Prevention Beyond Just "Say No".
