On September 26, Queer-Straight Alliance leaders at E. Chapel Hill High were targeted with homophobic vandalism. The administration has yet to take action to address the incident. Please see the students’ call to action below and click through to sign the petition. Ms. Tully: Make our School LGBTQ+ Inclusive To: The administration at East Chapel […]
Stop HB 318! Alto HB318!
North Carolina Youth and Students Say NO to HB318 What’s HB318? On September 30, HB318 was set to the Governor’s desk for approval. The bill passed by the General Assembly is one of the worst anti-immigrant bills NC has seen in awhile. HB318 will leave people without the ability to identify oneself to government officials […]
4th Annual March to End the School-to-Prison-Pipeline postponed due to weather
Please join us on Saturday, October 31 @ 2:30pm
Oct. 6 Press Conference and Community Speak Out
NC Coalition for Education was joined by YOI, NC HEAT, Education Justice Alliance, Dignity in Schools Campaign, NC Fair Share, El Pueblo, Inc., Concerned Citizens for African American Children, and Legal Aid-Advocates for Children Services for our press conference and speak out at the school board. Check out our press release and photos below: STUDENTS […]
National Week of Action Against #SchoolPushOut | Oct. 3-11
Everyday Black, Latino and Native American students are targeted with pepper stray, search police dogs, restraints and unfair disciplinary action in our schools. The Week of Action is a national campaign event to address everyday injustices in our schools like police brutality and school push out. This will be the 6th anniversary for the campaign […]
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In Durham we focused on the theme of space, place, and power. This is the first year we organized a Freedom School in Durham so it was important for us to think often and critically about our relationship to the world around us. From learning about the historically Black neighborhood of Hayti to reproductive justice, […]
Yes, we did it again… in Durham!
On the first day Cristina from Tierra Negra Farms joined us to talk about food systems and helped us make a delicious tomatoe mozzarella salad!
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Our Raleigh Freedom School focused on the history and legacy of education and youth justice issues in the U.S. dating back to slavery and the genocide of indigenous people. Together we learned about how history intimately impacts our present and the systems of oppression established the norms we live by (prisons, jails, segregation…) hundreds of […]