What is the so-called “school-to-prison pipeline”? Local organizations are planning a town hall event to educate the community about their concerns. It starts with school discipline, suspension levels, and expulsion.
Our guests make their case for changing how students are disciplined:
- Thena Robinson Mock, program officer for the Communities for Just Schools Fund
- Eamonn Scanlon, education policy analyst for The Children’s Agenda
- Mercedes Phelan, lead organizer for Citizen Action of New York
- Iman Abid, NYCLU Genesee Valleychapter director