SRO Removal
Stop the School to Prison Pipeline
Many students, especially Black and Brown youth, feel unsafe around police
Police violence against Black and Brown communities has traumatized many young people
For undocumented and mixed status families police presence causes increased fear and anxiety around deportation.
A recent report from ACLU showed that students with disabilities are arrested 2.9 times more than those without and that Black and Native American girls are arrested at 3.5-4 times the rate of white girls.
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Police on campus actually put disabled students & students of color at higher risk of harm & trauma
Many school sites with SROs don’t have counselors, social workers, or other key resources
Teachers and admin are under-resourced and rely on officers for discipline
Innocence Project
A group of Black and Latin women activists in San José, California, drive a grassroots movement to remove police from their children's schools.
We hosted a Movie Night with the directors of the film and some of the activists involved in the work. Check that video out below.
Safety does not exist when Black and Brown young people are forced to interact with a system of policing that views them as a threat and not as students.
From “We Came to Learn” report by Advancement Project