The Museum of Broken Windows is a pop-up experience on the impact and costs of excessive policing in New York City. 📍Join us in NYC for the free exhibit between April 28-May 6 at 216 Lafayette St. More info here: museumofbrokenwindows.org

Every student deserves a fair chance at success, and that means no discrimination based on race. #solutionsnotsuspensions will ensure school discipline is administered without bias or prejudice.

Do you think it is wrong that youth w/ disabilities are 87% more likely to be suspended than the general ed. population? Or that Black students in NYC are close 4X more likely to be suspended than white students? Join us Friday as we demand change!

.John C. Liu & Assemblymember Grace Lee 李榮恩 have introduced a bill to expand social studies classes to include #AANHPIHistory. Let's celebrate #AANHPIHeritageMonth by making sure Asian American, Native Hawaiian + Pacific Islander history is included in school curriculums. amny.com/education/here…

Excited to announce on Mon, several Buffalo-area advocacy and legal orgs including NYCLU (Find us on Bluesky) are launching a pilot program to assist families of students facing suspensions. Parents of Buffalo Public Schools students can call 716-220-7081 to leave a voicemail for a call back

40+ states have introduced or passed laws to restrict how to teach issues of race + racism. NY can fight back by passing a bill to support teaching inclusive Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (AANHPI) history in schools. Add your name: action.aclu.org/send-message/t…

Just launched! Families of Buffalo Public Schools students can call to get assistance with a suspension. Excited to partner with six orgs on this! Cc NYCLU (Find us on Bluesky)

Are you at #EWA2023? Join Nithya Joseph and fellow One Million Teachers of Color steering committee members Sharif El-Mekki of Center for Black Educator Development and Latinos for Education alum Sofia Gonzalez TOMORROW for a powerful convo about the importance of educator diversity. You don't want to miss it!

🌈 Today NYS Education Department announced new guidance on how schools can support trans + gender-expansive students! “This is a document that clearly says from the state’s highest education agency, ‘We see you,’ to trans youth, and, ‘We support you,’” -Allie Bohm. ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/6/12/2375…

TW Family friend’s daughter Eva Liu was sexually assaulted and killed by another American tourist when visiting a popular German castle. Here is the GoFundMe gofund.me/64d33072 and news article abc7chicago.com/neuschwanstein…. She and her friend (who survived) just graduated UIUC.

ELC is seeking a full-time Staff Attorney to join our legal, policy, and communications team working nationwide to enforce education rights and promote education justice. Please see the position description for more details. edlawcenter.org/assets/uploads…

New report released by Legal Fellow Erica Rodarte about discriminatory discipline and policing of Latine students in Idaho. It bolsters individual anecdotal reports with data/analysis of school practices/policies. It's available in Spanish too: acluidaho.org/sites/default/… ACLU of Idaho

🚨 Incredible Job Alert! I'm hiring *two* Deputy Legal & Advocacy Directors to help lead Maryland Legal Aid's 200-person legal dep't & end poverty as we know it in the state. Stellar mix of litigation, policy, mentoring, and management. DMs open. Join us! bit.ly/3Ojm5ZT

Wherever you are on the gender spectrum, you have the right to be yourself at school. Know your rights ⤵️ nyclu.org/en/know-your-r…

BREAKING: We are suing Nassau County over its recent executive order banning transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports at county-run facilities. Trans people who play sports need support and affirmation. They should not be political targets.

Today the New York City Council is holding a preliminary budget hearing on the NYPD. The NYPD's proposed budget for FY25 would exceed last year's by $300M. Students in our Teen Activist Project showed up to say: Enough. In the streets or in our schools, more cops do not make us safer.

The New York Coalition for Fair College Admissions is hosting a webinar 4/24 @ 4pm on the Fair College Admissions Act, which prohibits legacy admissions policies at colleges and universities in New York State. Register at bit.ly/fcaa-webinar NYCLU (Find us on Bluesky)

Honored to be a University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Alumni Impact Award finalist for my work on juvenile justice and education equity issues. Truly grateful for the support from Penn Carey Law - TPIC and my family/friends for attending last week! law.upenn.edu/publicservice/…

1/ Each day, thousands of NYC students navigate metal detectors, most of them students of color. SAFE — a new musical based on interviews with students and presented by the NYCLU & BAM — highlights how this invasive tech criminalizes and demoralizes students.