Stop the Pre-Prison Tracking of Black and Latino Students
Community Rights Monthly Meeting-11/7 at 11:00am
by Lisa Adler
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
Addressing the root causes of chronic absences and truancy
Publication Date:
Sep 16 2011
First-round victory: LAPD agrees to back off on truancy sweeps
The LAPD has agreed to a number of important concessions, but we still have work to do.
Key documents and letters #7: LAPD issues a notice to clarify the objective of the daytime curfew (April 2011)
Publication/Circulation Date:
Apr 23 2011
Student turned organizer: Reflections on People's Poetry
I was pumped and rejuvenated to see the next generation of warriors stand and fight back for a transformative and revolutionary educational system.
LA Times covers Community Rights Campaign's newest victory
"The Los Angeles Police Department has agreed to avoid ticketing tardy students who are on their way to school, lawyers and advocates for students announced Thursday."
Key documents and letters: The Public Counsel submits campaign's recommendations for drastic changes to truancy laws (Sept 2010)
"Alarmingly, the data we have reviewed to date shows that enforcement of the daytime curfew law is in targeted areas with underresourced schools and communities, resulting in disproportionate police and court contact, curfew tickets, and fines for low-income students and families of color."
Key documents and letters: CRC writes to LAUSD to provide feedback on the hiring of a new Chief of LASPD (Sept 2010)
"The Community Rights Campaign is writing to express concerns regarding the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) hiring process for a new Chief of the Los Angeles School Police Department (LASPD) and important unresolved issues relating to police misconduct and accountability on school campuses."
Key documents and letters: CRC writes to the LA City Council requesting a study of truancy ticketing policy (Jun 2010)
"The Campaign’s preliminary analyses of the data indicates that the law is not being enforced impartially - in poor and wealthy communities alike, for public and private school students citywide, and to White, Black and Latino students without bias."
Key documents and letters: CRC and its allies write to LA school officials to stop improper truancy ticketing (Mar 2010)
"Under the current practice, students who are actually attempting to get to school have and will continue to be disproportionately receiving truancy tickets. It is not a crime to be late to school."
