Youth
Media takes note as Student Attendance Task Force releases recommendations
The media took notice as the Student Attendance Task Force released a report recommending "Have zero tolerance for zero-tolerance policies." and ensuring that students get adequate counseling in school before suspension.
Los Angeles Civil Rights Organizations Applaud Adoption of School Attendance Reform
On February 2nd, the Los Angeles County Education Coordinating Council announced their decision to unanimously endorse the findings and recommendations from the multi-agency Student Attendance Task Force.
Social Justice Schools Conference
Join Community Rights Organizer Patrisse Cullors and youth leaders at the Social Justice School Conference on Feb 10th and 11th.
LA School Board President thanks Community Rights Campaign as board votes to roll back punitive truancy policies
In her press release announcing the Los Angeles Unified School District's (LAUSD) resolution to amend their daytime curfew law, Board President Monica García gives credit to the Community Rights campaign for their struggles to amend the law.
LA School Board (LAUSD) votes to support City Council motion to reverse punitive tardy/truancy ticketing
In the latest advance in CRC's campaign to roll back punitive truancy/tardy ticketing, the elected board of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) yesterday voted to support City Councilmember Tony Cardenas' motion to amend the ticketing law itself .
CRC Students Featured in Special Issue of Rethinking Schools
CRC student leaders are featured in the current issue of Rethinking Schools magazine, a special issue titled, "Stop the School to Prison Pipeline." The article, titled, "Arresting Development- Zero Tolerance and the criminalization of children," is by Annette Fuentes, who wrote a guest blog with the CRC in August.
With Advancement Project, L.A. to Host Regional Action Camp for Activists Against School-to-Prison Pipeline
In February, the Community Rights Campaign and several local and national allies--including Dignity in Schools Campaign, Padres & Jovenes Unidos, Youth United for Change and the Alliance for Educational Justice--will be working with the Advancement Project to host a national training in Los Angeles, one of four regional action camps to train school-to-prison pipeline organizers, activists and advocates from across the country.
Los Angeles Juvenile Courts Will Dismiss Curfew Tickets for Students on Their Way to School
Los Angeles' top judge for juvenile courts has released new guidelines to eliminate fines and unnecessary court time for students receiving truancy / tardy tickets. The court will also direct students who miss school to school- and community-based resources that are shown to improve academic achievement and get struggling students back on track. This is a major step toward CRC's goal of rolling back truancy and tardy ticketing that targets low-income students of color.
Los Angeles Juvenile Courts Will Dismiss Curfew Tickets for Students on Their Way to School
LOS ANGELES - Students with tickets for being late to school faced hundreds of dollars in fines and were forced to miss more school time to appear in court.
Now Los Angeles' top judge for juvenile courts has released new guidelines to eliminate fines and unnecessary court time for students who were late to school and for other minor offenses. The court will also direct students who miss school to school- and community-based resources that are shown to improve academic achievement and get struggling students back on track.
You Are Just A Number: A Tour of County Jail
Read a blog by Community Rights Member Elizabeth Chaidez on the human impact of incarceration.
Imagine being taken out of society, and forced to live in cell for 5, 10, 15 or maybe 20 years, or forever, for a crime you may or may have not committed. You do not have any human contact except when you are transferred from one place to another. However, when you are transferred you are handcuffed and chained by the waist like an animal.
