High school students! Join us to learn basic activist skills and end discrimination in school discipline!

What is the School-to-Prison pipeline?

The School-to-Prison pipeline is the systematic push of students out of school through overly harsh discipline policies and practices. These policies and practices can take the form of zero tolerance discipline, the misuse of School Resource Officers (SROs), and the overuse of suspensions/expulsions.

For more information on the School-to-Prison pipeline go to -http://www.acluutah.org/blog/item/879-breaking-down-the-school-to-prison-pipeline.

What Can You Do About It?

Be part of the movement to end the School-to-Prison pipeline!

The conference is focused on developing the skills in youth that will empower you to organize and advocate against the School-to-Prison pipeline. Although, these activist skills will be useful for other causes and leadership positions.

Students are the ones impacted by this problem and students can make a difference by learning basic activist skills.

See you at the event!

Schedule:

8:30am-9:00am Check-in and grab breakfast

9:00am-9:30am Keynote speaker, Law Professor, Emily Chiang

9:30am-10:30am Introduction to the School-to-Prison pipeline, J.D Candidate and Training & Education Specialist at Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Nubia Pena

10:30am-11:30am Know Your Rights Training, J.D Candidates, Vannessa Walsh and Ryan Nielsen

11:30am-12:00pm Speak up now!, Activities for everyone

12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch, Tabling, Raffle

1:00pm-2:00pm Citizen Lobbyist Training, ACLU of Utah Public Policy Advocate, Anna Brower

2:00pm-3:00pm Legislative Panel, Representative Rebecca Chavez-Houck, Representative Angela Romero, Senator Aaron Osmond, and former representative and current director of the Salt Lake County Criminal Justice Advisory Council David Litvack

3:00pm-3:15pm Break

3:15pm-4:15pm Using & Interacting with the Media, ACLU of Utah Racial Justice Associate Kathy Abarca and Youth Activists: Marcelina Kubica and Nithin Chalapathi

4:15pm-5:00pm Wrap up & Prizes, ACLU of Utah Public Policy Advocate, Anna Brower