Advancement Project

New analysis from Advancement Project and Alliance for Educational Justice of 372 assaults 372 police assaults of students from 2011-2023 and offers an analysis of assaults from the last school year, 2022-2023.  Our data reveals the abuses of power police are capable of in our schools, despite false claims that police make students safer. In the last school year, not only were Black students (over 80%) overwhelmingly victims of police assault, over half of the victims were girls. Police sexual violence was the 2nd most frequent type of assault last year. Since 2011, sexual assault has moved up as the third most frequent type of police assault against students. Yet police faced no consequences for harming students in well over half of recorded incidents. Full report here: https://lnkd.in/gQdGB9Qt

Yesterday, 412 Justice, the Education Rights Network, the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, and Advancement Project sent a letter urging the Board of Directors of Pittsburgh Public Schools to vote NO on the 000 Series Policy Revisions for Consideration aka Student Outcomes Focused Governance policy proposal (SOFG Proposal). This proposal strips parents, guardians, teachers, staff, and community members from having a say in their public schools and ultimately paves the way for more public school closures. Read the full letter: bit.ly/vote-no-sofg

History isn’t just something we remember–it’s something we live. Inspired by Henry Hampton’s legendary documentary series Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement, this new installment illuminates the bold stories of people and communities who continue to work for equity and racial justice in the years since the birth of the American Civil Rights Movement. The HBO Original Documentary #EyesOnThePrizeIII premieres February 25 on Max featuring Advancement Project Executive Director Judith Browne Dianis. Listen to her reflections on Advancement Project's work and the next generation racial justice movement in Episode 5: “We Don’t See Color 1996-2013” and Episode Six: “What Comes After Hope? 2008-2015”, both streaming Thursday, February 27.

Happy Black History Month! Tune into The Sip Hour livestream next Wednesday, February 19th at 12 pm ET sponsored by the Hill-Snowdon Foundation: bit.ly/the-sip-feb19 Join co-hosts Judith Browne Dianis, Adrianne Shropshire, Glynda C. Carr, and Tracy Sturdivant with special guest, Maya Wiley, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Together, the hosts will discuss what Black history (and futures) we’re celebrating along with the first 100 days of a Trump administration and what this means for Black women. As always, they’ll offer critical and engaging dialogue to ground us. Register here: bit.ly/the-sip-feb19

This is an important step to stop Trump's white supremacy playbook. His EO was a recklessly unconstitutional move. By attempting to deny citizenship to children born on U.S. soil to non-citizen parents, the administration tried to undermine the 14th amendment and generations of legal precedent. Trump may be president, but he does not have the power to rewrite the Constitution.

On the first day of Black History Month, Rev. Al Sharpton convened a special Civil Rights Summit including Advancement Project Executive Director Judith Browne Dianis to talk about how to fight for our rights under a second Trump Administration. "Executive orders are not laws. What President Trump is doing is a democracy stress test. He's trying to see how far he can go, how much harm he can cause in order to keep his base together."

The Educational Choice for Children Act would divert over $21 billion in tax dollars to affluent families and exasperate inequalities in education, disproportionately impacting Black students & students from low-income families. Say NO to the ECCA this #SchoolChoiceWeek at novouchers.org

The Trump administration has no respect for democracy and wants to uphold white supremacy at any cost. Their intentions with a rapidly shifting Department of Justice are clear – abuse power to attack our election system, disenfranchise and criminalize voters, and target communities of color.

From waiting for the bus to doing homework in the evening, students are under frequent surveillance in ways that are often hard to see. Our new zine sheds light on the sprawling school surveillance state and gives you the resources to know your rights, get organized, and fight back! #PoliceFreeSchools

This has been a week— a week of a Trump administration that has tried to create chaos, stoke fear, and target our communities. But like our Executive Director Judith Browne Dianis said at the People's March: "We know our people and our strength. A new world may feel light-years away but do not despair. We know it is possible. And that is always worth fighting for. We’ve never been scared of a hard fight and we’re certainly not backing down from the fight ahead."