The Link Between School Closings and Gentrification- A Chicago Story
The single story that will remain with me longest from Washington was told by Badass Mom founder and Chicago parent leader Rousemary Vega at the workshop on Community Organizing the day before the March. After sharing heartbreaking stories of the harassment she and her family experience fighting the closing of neighborhood schools her children attended, Rousemary said the following. " I live
7-31-14 With A Brooklyn Accent:
With A Brooklyn Accent: Two Bronx Students Talk About Their Schools and the School To Prison Pipeline Yesterday, I met with more than an hour with two Bronx high school students in a great Fordham program called "The History Makers" to answer their questions about the School to Prison Pipeline. After I answered several questions they posed about drug policies, school discipline, race