What’s happening in our nation’s capital is not just a local crisis — it’s an attack on basic civil rights. By unleashing the National Guard on residents and filling the streets with unwarranted military force, the president is sacrificing community care and safety for authoritarian control and surveillance. Black youth and other youth of color are being treated as criminals instead of children with dreams for their futures. We’ll do everything we can to ensure young people in DC and beyond are protected.
#FreeDC Resources
EVENT: The Free DC coalition is hosting a youth-centered Know Your Rights training [[link removed]] for street encounters. Join tonight at 6pm ET!
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NARRATIVE GUIDANCE: The Frameworks Institute is challenging false narratives and countering manufactured controversies with this message guide [[link removed]]. Words mean things, and it’s on all of us to respond to this moment.
More on Criminalization
Riya Singh, a TYP Collaborative intern, examines [[link removed]] how implicit bias and systemic racism in public schools push students of color into the school-to-prison pipeline: “In an era where identity-based harassment is already on the rise, students of color face an increasing risk of not only being blamed for their own harassment (especially when they speak out against racism) but also receiving life-altering punishments as a result.”
Read the Blog [[link removed]] WEBINAR: Youth Leaders on Climate Justice
Tomorrow afternoon, we’re co-hosting a youth-led webinar with Grantmakers for Thriving Youth on environmental justice and how philanthropy can partner with young people to achieve meaningful change. Learn more and register:
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