@VOYCEProject

Voices of Youth in Chicago Education is a collaborative for education justice led by students of color from 6 community organizations across the city of Chicago

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Yesterday, we convened over 100 community members and partners from Chicago to advocate for statewide investment in strategies rooted in healing, wellness, and safety in support of the Grounded in Community: An Agenda For Creating a Healing-Centered State platform. 🌟
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🚨 Today, COFI and POWER-PAC IL parent leaders in Chicago are celebrating a transformational shift in education! The Chicago Board of Education approved an expanded Whole School Safety policy!
A group picture of 11 Black and Latinx parent leaders posing for a group picture

ALT A group picture of 11 Black and Latinx parent leaders posing for a group picture

Six parent leaders sitting during the board meeting

ALT Six parent leaders sitting during the board meeting

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NOW: Over 100 community members from Austin, Albany Park, Roseland, West Ridge, and Belmont Cragin are traveling to Springfield, IL., to call on state legislators to support the Grounded in Community: An Agenda For Creating a Healing-Centered State platform. #AdvocacyDay
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🚨🚨Leader Takeover 🚨🚨 For those of you who don’t know me — my name is Electa Bey and I have been organizing with Communities United for nearly 9 years. Throughout the years, my organizing efforts have been informed by my own experience with housing insecurity.
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Join us at this year's A Gathering of Communities: Strategizing for a Healing-Centered City conference as we strive to collectively strategize for a healing-centered city. Learn more: communitiesunited.org/goc202… #GOC2023 #AGatheringofCommunities #HealingThroughJustice
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Our partner @VOYCEProject spoke to @chalkbeatCHI about shifting to restorative justice practices in CPS. Research shows it's working! The University of Chicago Education Lab found that student arrests in-school fell by 35% in schools that implemented RJ. chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/9…
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Can't join the Chicago’s Blueprint for Safe Schools: A Community-Led Process panel discussion in person? No problem! Watch live: cityclub-chicago.org/live #WholeSchoolSafety #RethinkingSafety #SROs #ChicagoPublicSchools #WSSxCityClubofChicago
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Read @chalkbeatCHI article "Is Chicago’s shift to restorative justice and fewer school police working? Some say yes." to learn about how folks in Chicago are advocating for the implementation of restorative justice practices throughout CPS. Read: chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/9…
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TODAY is the last day to enroll in Illinois health benefit programs for immigrants ages 42-64. 🚨 RETWEET FOR AWARENESS! 🚨 borderlessmag.org/2023/06/29…
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Chou talks about working with Mayor Johnson to partner with schools and organizations during memorial weekend.
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Board member Michael Scott asks Chou how they plan to expand and bring in more student voices and what other partner organziations they plan to bring on
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CPS cannot do this change alone. And this type of work doesn't mean arresting ppl. It goes beyond punishment and police. From an RYH standpoint, this is a wider systemic issue. This is why work such as TreatmentNotTrauma and NoCopAcademy is so critical!!!!
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There might be a study on the correlation b/w having 1, 2 or no SROs and school safety. Also studying exactly what make students and parents feel safer/not safe at schools.
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Natalia, the student involved in the process, speaks on the cultural changes she's seen in the last two years. She notes that her school already had some built in relationships b/w students & staff, which helped boost the current work on their school culture.
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Jadine notes that the entire focus of the presentation is on holistic school safety, not just SROs. -during the whole school safety process, there were 2 students involved in the entire process -both students share that there still need to be youth engagement/active listening
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There will be multiple ways to become involved in the process. There will be a conference later this summer for the community:
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Whole school safety continued: -schools that traded in SRO(s) received $3.9M in trade funds -Actively listening to students on what helps make them feel safe is important bc this is about the students. -the school culture overall is very important as it sets the framework
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In 2020, 53 Chicago high schools staffed 108 police officers. This coming fall, 39 high schools will station 57 officers. That's following a district initiative that allows campuses to "trade in" officers for staff such as social workers, restorative justice coordinators, etc.
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Chou says there are upcoming events such as a conference to learn about the process and receive input.
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Shawn Price worked with Austin. He says that Austin has removed SROs and established other alternatives.
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