Mar 17, 2015: Community Forum Meeting on School to Prison Pipeline
IS IT HAPPENING IN SOUTH BEND?
CHILDREN SHOULD BE EDUCATED NOT INCARCERATED!
A PUBLIC FORUM
Sponsored by the Community Forum for Economic Justice
When: Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 6 pm
Where: Humphreys Room, St. Joseph County Main Library
Who: A panel of educators and community members, including….
Dr. Maria McKenna, Senior Assoc. Director of Education, Schooling & Society Program, UND
Peter Morgan, Executive Director, St. Joseph County Juvenile Justice Center
Jay Caponigro, President of the SBCSC Board of Trustees
Oletha Jones, Education Chair, South Bend NAACP
Moderator: Karen White, Asst. Chancellor for Student Services/Dean of Students, IUSB
“The practice of pushing kids out of school and toward the juvenile and criminal justice systems has become known as the ‘school-to-prison pipeline,’ and in 2013, NEA members and leaders made a formal commitment to close it. Fueled by zero tolerance policies and the presence of police officers in schools, and made worse by school funding cuts that overburden counselors and high-stakes tests that stress teachers, these excessive practices have resulted in the suspensions, expulsions, and arrests of tens of millions of public school students, especially students of color and those with disabilities or who identify as LGBT.” (neaToday, January 5, 2015)