building movement challenging the criminalization of youth of color

Building Movement: Challenging the Criminalization of Youth of Color

Quabeeny DanielsVoices of Youth in Chicago Education

Alexa Bailon ArmendarizPadres Y Jovenes Unidos

Reynado Martines VillalobosImmigrant Youth Coalition

Agenda

• Introduction• Ice Breaker• World Café Activity• Q&A


Quabeeny Daniels@VoyceProject

Alexa Bailon Armendariz@PadresyJovenes

Reynado Martines Villalobos@Immigrant Power

About Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE)

VOYCE is a youth organizing collaborative for education and racial justice led by students of color from across the city of Chicago.

Some of VOYCE’s key accomplishments include:

●Won a re-write to the CPS Student Code of Conduct ending automatic 10-day suspensions, cutting the maximum suspension time in half, and ending arrests for disorderly conduct.

●Led statewide efforts to win a landmark policy change to address the overuse of exclusionary discipline by expanding data transparency across all publicly funded schools in Illinois, and requiring districts in the top 20% of exclusionary discipline and/or racial disparities to submit improvement plans.

●VOYCE, alongside Alternatives, Inc. and the Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU) Quest Center, formed the Safe Schools Consortium (SSC), a collaborative focused on implementing and expanding restorative justice practices in Chicago Public Schools.





About Padres y Jovenes Unidos

Padres y Jovenes Unidos was formed by parents willing to organize for educational justice, equity and excellence in Denver Public Schools.

Some of PJU’s key accomplishments include:

●Successfully passed the Smart School Discipline Act - designed to end harsh zero tolerance policies, address racial disparities in discipline, and put a stop to the unnecessary and unjust criminalization of students of color within Colorado public schools.

●In 2012, released the Health Justice Report, which details their parent-led research and demands for better nutrition, increased food access, and more physical activity for all students within the Denver Public Schools

●Helped lead policy change which will create an interim committee to study the issue of school discipline and provide legislative recommendations for the 2012 session.





About the Immigrant Youth Coalition

The IYC is led by undocumented youth and immigrants and students to fight for immigrant rights, education and against criminalization.

Some of IYC’s key accomplishments include:

●Created the Free the People campaign, an ongoing campaign in which the IYC and its member organizations, take cases of people in deportation who seek help from community organizations.

●Worked to pass and implement the Trust Act, a polic change that sets a minimum standard across the state to limit cruel and costly immigration “hold” requests in local jails.






Quabeeny DanielsVoices of Youth in Chicago Education

Alexa Bailon ArmendarizPadres Y Jovenes Unidos

Reynado Martines VillalobosImmigrant Youth Coalition

Contact Information

Quabeeny DanielsVoices of Youth in Chicago Education@VOYCEProject | www.voyceproject.org

Alexa Bailon ArmendarizPadres Y Jovenes Unidos@PadresYJovenes | www.padresunidos.org

Reynado Martines VillalobosImmigrant Youth Coalition@ImmigrantPower | www.voyceproject.org

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