Social Media

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Fix School Discipline TwitterBlogFacebook

Fix School Discipline provides resources for educators, parents, students, and community leaders for ways to implement more supportive discipline policies. Their posts aim to provide the latest data and news about the impacts that suspensions and expulsion have on students and school climate. They provide information and research concerning the problems with the school-to-prison pipeline, possible solutions, and resources.11

 

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Urban Youth Justice wants justice and equality for the youth. They are against the school-to-prison pipeline, education inequality, and the disenfranchisement of urban youth. Their posts include information about the organization of youth and news about the school-to-prison pipeline. 12

 

 

7__SYQ-F_400x400Youth Organizing Institute Twitter

The goal of the Youth Organizing Institute is to  challenge the school-to-prison pipeline and make schools safe for all students. They have recently participated in a “Twitter Town Hall” where they voiced issues about the school-to-prison pipeline.13

 

 

sBb2qnj__400x400Dignity in Schools Twitter

Dignity in Schools is a national coalition of youth, parents, educators, lawyers, and advocate. They work toward ensuring that students are treated fairly in schools. They post about school discipline, zero-tolerance policies, and the school-to-prison pipeline. They also participated in the “Twitter Town Hall” with the hashtag #EndWarOnYouth. 14

 

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Suspension Stories is a blog led by youth with the aim of understanding the school-to-prison pipeline. They hope to learn about ways to decrease suspensions and expulsions by collecting surveys and stories from people who have experienced the school-to-prison pipeline. This blog focuses on Chicago, Illinois.15

 

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Indiana Juvenile Justice Blog, Twitter

This blog provides information about youth and their involvement with the justice system in Indiana and across the nation. The blogger is a full-time public defender who is assigned to juvenile delinquency cases. The posts include information about policies and resources for parents and youth affected by zero-tolerance policies.16

 

336341_263437820431871_588132644_oDream Defenders Blog, Facebook, Twitter

Dream Defenders use various social media to express their views and confront systemic inequality. Their posts range from the greater justice system to the school-to-prison pipeline.17

 

cropped-img45821Creativity Not Control Blog

A blog that posts analysis, reflections, creative writing, lesson plans, and flyers. They focus on multiple education issues and the school-to-prison pipeline is among them.  One of their flyers focuses on the school-to-prison pipeline and provides a list of ways in which community members can organize to demand change. They also post about local organizing in Seattle. 18

 

cropped-logo-full-sizeSchool to Prison Pipeline Intervention Blog

The blog is run by an Equal Justice Works fellow and the blog is very new. The blog shares stories about how the Greater Boston Legal Services is working toward representing kids in school proceedings. They post once a week about stories of students being affected by the school-to-prison pipeline and zero tolerance policies and how they are working to intervene in the school-to-prison pipeline.19