On August 9 to 11th we had a small convening in Portland, Oregon with our national partners in the Dignity in School Campaign.  Together we had valuable workshops media campaigns, base building and on collecting school discipline statistic from all school districts. Most of the workshop were led by fellow DSC members from community groups, DSC staff and youth.  Aside from skill-building workshops we attended several panels in which parents and young members shared their experiences and local findings about the various way the School to Prison Pipeline is impacting their community. They also presented stories of resistance and tactics to build awareness and win policy victories.  Finally, we attended a meeting with the Portland school district administration that was organized by DSC members in the Portland Parent Union. Local Portland parents, students and the DSC member from all over the country gathered to share how we are combating the school to prison pipelines. We started the meeting by singing the Freedom Side song and talking about the work that is being done across the US to reform punitive school discipline codes both on the local and national level. Lastly, the meeting opened up to the Portland school districts administration including the superintendent, child services heads and several principals. All of which expressed dedication to working with the community to end the school to prison pipeline.