Bill of Rights to Support the Mental Health of Girls and Gender-Expansive Youth of Color in Schools

The Bill of Rights

We, the Youth Advisory Committee of the Schools for Girls of Color Learning Network, recognize that the United States education system is lacking necessary mental health support and care for girls and gender-expansive youth of color in schools. As girls and gender-expansive youth of color, we demand respect for our rights so that we can focus and learn and be treated with dignity and respect as students and as human beings.

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• Click here to read an expanded version of the Bill of Rights! Learn why our advisors choose these five rights as the most important for the mental health of girls and gender-expansive youth of color and how schools can recognize these rights.
• Click here to read a companion document to the Bill of Rights. Authored by Center Youth Engagement Associates Toella Pliakas and Michaela Minnis, the document provides resources, data, and other evidence to support the five rights enumerated in the Youth Advisors’ Mental Health Bill of Rights.