BACKGROUND: WHAT IS POLICE FREE SCHOOLS?
#PoliceFreeSchools is a national demand calling for the removal of School Resource Officers (SROs) in our schools. Here in Chicago we’re calling for #CopsOutCPS
LINK TO ORGANIZATION ENDORSEMENT: HERE
SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
Twitter: @AssatasDaughters, @EnlaceChicago, @bpncchicago, @stopchicago, @hanacenter, @stustrikeback, @aaaj_chicago, @blmchi
IG: @assatasdaughtersig, @enlacechicago, @bpncchicago, @hanacenterchicago, @stustrikeback, @advancingjusticechicago, @blmchi
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33 MILLION FOR COPS? 33 MILLION FOR ✅ TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL ✅ PANDEMIC CASH ASSISTANCE ✅ SUPPORT FOR UNDOCUMENTED + STUDENTS IN TEMPORARY LIVING | |
#PoliceFreeSchools mean: 🔘an environment where all students can learn 🔘updated textbooks and culturally relevant materials 🔘nurses in every school 🔘transformative justice alternatives to police | |
We know who keeps us safe - and it’s not police. This year, $33 million went to police in our hallways instead of resources students need. It’s time for @chipubschools to provide real safety & move immediately to #PoliceFreeSchools #CopsOutCPS. | |
Black and Brown kids know all too well that the cops violently assaulting protests, are the same ones placed in our school hallways, assaulting and racially profiling us. #CopsOutCPS Tell the Board of Ed we need #PoliceFreeSchools now. | |
GRAPHICS:
Police Free Schools graphics: (Click to download)
Talking Points/demands:
-We want the 33 MILLION divested from COPS and instead spent on:
- ✅ TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL
- ✅ PANDEMIC CASH ASSISTANCE
- ✅ SUPPORT FOR UNDOCUMENTED + STUDENTS IN TEMPORARY LIVING
- We want the CBOE NOT to renew their SRO contract with CPD in August.
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
The Chicago Reporter: We protest police in the streets, so why do we let police in our schools?
Twitter: A researched thread on why police should NOT be in our schools, anywhere in America
Alliance for Educational Justice and Advancement Project:
We Came to Learn: A Call To Action for Police Free Schools
- The Report: https://advancementproject.org/wp-content/uploads/WCTLweb/index.html#page=1
- Action Kit: https://advancementproject.org/wp-content/uploads/ActionKitView/index.html#page=1
Poverty Law: Handcuffs in Hallways: The State of Policing in Chicago Public Schools