This FREE conference is meant to galvanize everyday Delawareans to realize that the power to change Delaware is their hands. Keynote will feature Dr. Barbara Love, who will speak on Liberatory Consciousness. Workshops will offer insight on how and where to get involved on issues in education, criminal justice reform, fair policing, and economic justice.
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Featuring workshops on education and the Campaign for Smart Justice by ACLU of Delaware staff:
"Quality Schools for Our Children"
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Atnre Alleyne ( Executive Director, Delaware CAN)
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Shannon Griffin (Community and Project Organizer, ACLU of Delaware)
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Tizzy Lockman, (Vice Chairperson,Wilmington Education Improvement Commission, Program Director, Parent Advocacy Council for Education (PACE))
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H. Raye Jones Avery (Executive Director, Christina Cultural Arts Center)
A panel of local leaders will provide insight on how to build partnerships to dismantle de-facto and de-jure racism within Delaware’s education system. The goal of the panel is to spur conversation on potential strategies that can be implemented to advance inter-agency collaboration to:
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Help eradicate the school-to-prison pipeline
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Understand how student-based funding can help decrease disparities and increase equity
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Use the arts to help close the opportunity gaps and build community hope
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Identify non-punitive research- based strategies to improve student behavior and school climate,
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Adopt a two-generational approach to increase college and career readiness..
"Organizing for Change: ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice"
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Dubard McGriff (Smart Justice Campaign Organizer, ACLU of Delaware)
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Kathleen MacCrae (Executive Director, ACLU of Delaware)
The mission of the ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice is to cut the U.S. prison and jail population in half by using a 50 state strategy of advocacy, litigation and public education. This workshop shows what the campaign is and how you can get involved. Join the team to significantly reduce the prison population and reform criminal justice in Delaware!
