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 EST. 2011  

Police-free
Schools.
The American Criminal Legal System is a stain on our democracy. What our schools should not be is a mirror reflection of a system that replicates and reinforces patterns of racial and economic oppression that trace from slavery, including Black Codes, Convict Leasing, Jim Crow Laws, and The War on Drugs. What has resulted through the increased criminalization of youth and students in schools, an overreliance of law enforcement in schools, implementation discriminatory and exclusionary policies, and school hardening practices and tactics; is the school-to-prison pipeline that denies millions of youth and students the opportunities, legal equality, and human rights they deserve, even as it fuels high rates of racial disproportionality and traumatic harm to our Black and Brown children. To upend this oppressive and racist system hiding under the guise of school safety, we must listen to directly impacted students and youth to understand what safety means and looks like for them, build schools that are police-free, holistically safe and supportive, and provide culturally-sustaining educational practices.
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Meeting the Moment: A Guide to Defending Civil Rights in Our Schools

The Federal School Discipline & Climate Coalition (FedSDC) offers this guide to outline the goals, actions, and harmful effects of the anti-civil rights campaign. It highlights successful strategies and key resources for local advocates seeking to resist these attacks and preserve civil rights and education in our country.

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FedSDC is a diverse group of local community organizers, national and local organizations, and  local organizations, and directly impacted students, youth, and families committed to advocating for federal legislative action to protect the interests and educational rights of Black and Brown students and youth through racial and educational equity lenses. Establishing police-free schools and alternatives to school discipline through effective, non-punitive, and culturally- sustaining practices is a core value of our coalition.

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PROTECTING THE INTERESTS AND EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS OF BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS

We support and are committed to efforts to upend policies and practices rooted in white supremacy that continue to harm students and youth of color in our nation’s schools. 

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