#solutionsnotsuspensions

@Regran_ed from @performingstatistics - Richmond Public Schools suspended almost 20% of all African American students last year and 25% of all disabled students. The RPS district is 6th worse in the Commonwealth of VA for short-term suspensions. (ref: VDOE) Our students are asking for #SolutionsNotSuspensions #CounselorsNotCops and #SchoolsNotPrisons.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Come see more work like this from system-involved youth that documents the experiences and impacts of the #schooltoprisonpipeline at our latest exhibition opening this Friday, Oct. 5. Link in bio. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Guest artist: @k8deciccio 📷: @markstrandquist https://www.instagram.com/p/BofYDw7Hq-0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nxk665sj7fqn

#MA #Malden #braids #education #solutionsnotsuspensions #equity #EducationForAll there is something nostalgic about getting your hair braided. The memories of everyone waiting in line to get their hair done the stocking caps you got to put on at bedtime the shower caps to bathe getting your hair braided having braids wearing weave not everybody can understand the culture or understand what it's like to sit in that chair with your big sister your mom your auntie your grandmother your hairdresser standing behind you reminding you that pain is Beauty and you better not flinch to all my little sisters being judged for their braids being judged for their protective styles I say unto you let's go get our hair braided and make them even madder.

It's Day 2 of our 7th Annual National Week of Action Against #SchoolPushout! Join us for #DSCWoA2016! Find more info here: http://dignityinschools.org/our-work/week-of-action

Blue Ribbon in Chapel Hill, NC--Students from Carrboro High School collecting surveys as part of the Week of Action

Earlier this year California became the first state to limit 'willful defiance’ suspensions. Find out how this impacts your child: bit.ly/1yYVRzo #SonsAndBrothers