The Center is proud to release an update to our 2020 National Review of school-based restorative justice and state legislation. In our 2023 Trend Analysis and Review, we highlight six updated findings from our 2020 legislative trend analysis and provide policy recommendations for legislators in efforts to expand restorative justice practices across the 50 states
We are happy to release a zine that was authored by the 2022-2023 Youth Advisory Committee of the Trauma-Informed Schools Learning Network for Girls of Color: That’s On Period. Youth Voices On Menstrual Health In Schools. This zine was written on the year’s theme of reproductive justice. We hope the Zine will elucidate girls’ menstrual-related
The Initiative on Gender Justice & Opportunity’s Youth Advisors led a rich discussion with Georgetown Law Professor Kristin Henning about her powerful new book, The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth. Watch the recording of the event here.
Did you miss our webinar on Black Herstory Month with Michelle Love-Day and Cierra Kaler-Jones? Check out the recording of this informative, inspiring content in our webinar archives.
The impact of the adultification bias does not end in the schools or with teachers. As a Black girl continues to age, it follows her within her community as she is gets identified as the “Strong Black Woman.” While it is most definitely true that Black women are not only strong and powerful beyond measure,
RALEIGH (WTVD) — The plight of Black girls in Wake County schools was in full focus, Thursday night, at a virtual town hall organized by the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute of Advocacy and Social Action. Researchers at Georgetown Law found adults view Black girls as more adult-like and less-innocent than white girls which can lead