Dignity In Schools Campaign California invites you to participate in the 13th Annual National Week of Action Against School Pushout. The theme for this year is Building Schools Our Communities Deserve. Join us as DSC CA members and allies hold events and actions in California and across the country.
From October 8 to 16th, DSC CA members in more than 20 states will host events as part of our Week of Action Against School Pushout. Under the banner of “Building Schools Our Communities Deserve,” local and community-based organizations will hold rallies, teach-ins, community forums, virtual rallies, lead marches, and more. We’re taking a stand against punitive zero-tolerance discipline policies and practices, and we’re calling for the end of police in schools.
One of the most important things we can do during this year’s Week of Action is to revisit and reflect on DSCCA’s “Never Again” Statement, written four years ago in response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami suburban town of Parkland, Florida.”
DSC CA partner, Organizing Roots, reflected on our “Never Again” statement and is sharing their reflection with us in the Backlash Blues: It’s Time to Revisit Our “Never Again” statement.
Read Organizing Root’s reflection and the DSC CA Never Again statement in English or Española
Week of Action Events in California
Never Again: Prevention, Protection, Not Policing
Description: Coleman members and community come together to reflect on work the state of Police Free Schools work in the Bay Area as we address violence and safety in our communities. We’ll stand in solidarity with organizations like the Black Organizing Project, as they hold districts accountable to keeping schools Police Free because we know that over-policing leads to pushout and doesn’t equal safety for our schools and communities. We’ll look ahead to how we push San Francisco’s “Resolution in Support of Black Lives in SFUSD and the Abolition of Armed Law Enforcement in Schools” to be fully implemented for the safety of Black and Brown students and families. It’ll be a night of documentary viewing, dialogue, and affirming Dignity In Schools Campaign CA’s Never Again Statement.
Date of activity: 10/12/22, 5:00 pm
Contact: Brandie (925) 727-7090 bbowen@colemanadvocates.org
DSC CA - National Week of Action
Cultivating Change Makers For The Next Seven Generations
Description: Join us to learn more about MILPAS work and reconnect with your community. Enjoy FREE TACOS and BACKPACKS. We’ll have activities such as Loteria, pumpkin carving, & others.
Date: October 14th, 2022| 6-8pm
Contact: Keylin Figueroa / kfigueroa@milpacollective.org
National Week of Action Against School PushOut Webinars
Seminario en línea durante la “Semana Nacional de Acción” de CVMB en contra de las expulsiones escolares.
Purpose of webinars
As part of the 2022 National Week of Action Against School Pushout, the Central Valley Movement Building (CVMB) coalition is hosting a series of webinars focused on the theme and demand, “Building Schools our Communities Deserve Now!”. Each webinar will focus on populations of Black, Native, & Latinx students and the oppressive and debilitating impact of the school-to-prison pipeline. Youth, parents, organizers, and allies in education are welcome to join us to learn more about CVMB, the School to Prison Pipeline in the Central Valley, and how we organize for Education Justice to support our police-free school movement.
Black Community
Description: Join us for a virtual presentation of Central Valley Movement Building (CVMB) work and data on Black student suspensions throughout the Central Valley’s nine counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, South Sacramento, Stanislaus, and Tulare.
October 11 | 6-7:30 PM
Register here.
Native Community
Description: Join us for a virtual English/Spanish presentation of Central Valley Movement Building (CVMB) work and data on Native student suspensions throughout the Central Valley’s nine counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, South Sacramento, Stanislaus, and Tulare.
*Presented in English and Spanish (Ingles y Español)
October 10 | 6-7:30 PM
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Latinx Community Comunidad Latina
Description: Join us for a virtual English/Spanish presentation of Central Valley Movement Building (CVMB) work and data on Latinx student suspensions throughout the Central Valley’s nine counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, South Sacramento, Stanislaus, and Tulare.
*Presented in English and Spanish (Ingles y Español)
October 12 | 6-7:30 PM
Register / Regístrate Ahora
CADRE's Book Reading with Roslyn Broadnax
Description: We will read pages from Mark Warren’s Wilful Defiance, and Roslyn Broadnax will take us back to September 2004 when Core leaders decided we needed to be about systemic change and that the system we wanted to change was the “school-to-prison train.” Less than a year later, parents adopted human rights.
Date: October 10, 2022
Contact: Edgar Ibarria | edgar@cadre-la.org (310) 704-9776
CADRE Parent Classroom Monitoring
Description: In the Los Angeles region, South LA parents will continue its annual tradition of parent-led classroom observations across 20 targeted schools in South LA during the National Week of Action. Parent Leaders will gather data on classroom climates and classroom-level implementation of School-Wide Positive Behavior and Intervention Support (SWPBIS). CADRE parent leaders will share observations and lessons learned to organize our allies to utilize monitoring as an important strategy for power-building and accountability to the community.
Date: October 10, 2022
Contact: Edgar Ibarria | edgar@cadre-la.org (310) 704-9776
Day of Action (Capitol Visit)
Description: South Santa Clara County youth will be advancing their concerns on the lack of investment in mental health supports, including fentanyl awareness in Gilroy, CA. Youth will meet with their representatives to inform them of the issues youth are experiencing in the South Santa Clara region.
Date: 10/14/2022 | 1pm
Contact: Rene Casas (831) 261-2839/ rene@youthall.org
Reinvest in YOUTH!
Description: Advocacy Action Day to have the city council invest ARPA funds toward the expansion and finalization of renovations at YA so that we can help support the needs of youth and parents in rural San Benito County.
Date: 10/17/2022 | 5pm
Contact: Rene Casas (831) 261-2839/ rene@youthall.org
Intergenerational March For Community Youth
Description: On October 13th Parents and Youth will meet to organize a Youth and parent March. On October 17th, the intergenerat-ional march to the City Council Chambers on 5th st. will be to re-ask for ARPA funds for Youth Center development. We will wear YA shirts, so that council folks know that YA is in the house!
Date: 10/17/2022 | 5pm
Contact: Rene Casas (831) 261-2839/ rene@youthall.org
