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"As mothers and fathers, grandparents, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles and allies, we believe in and implement a model of organizing that is people- and community-centered, and is explicitly anti-racist."
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We Are Building a Movement to Stop the School to Prison Pipeline.
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Louisiana has failed the children in its care in Office of Juvenile Justice facilities and is planning to punish those children for its failings. The state’s plan to move children
In windowless cells in the former death row ward.
There is an urgent crisis unfolding in Louisiana, the world’s leader in mass incarceration, that may spread to other states. We need your help.Louisiana Gove...
OJJ officials maintain this is only a temporary plan
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"It will serve only to make Louisiana less safe, as these children return to their families and communities after surviving months and years of abusive conditions while in state custody." #NoKidsinAngola #NoMorePrisons https://t.co/1hdAaVTlum
The Governor is planning to move kids to Angola, one of the most dangerous adult prisons in the country. Take action! Sign the petition and tell @LouisianaGov: Invest in Louisiana's kids, not in punishment. #NoKidsInAngola https://t.co/D3mBiSFPbs
We deeply reject this decision and extend our concern for the well-being of the children who will be transferred to Angola. The judge’s decision to uphold the Gov's and OJJ's unlawful plan to transfer youth to Angola will cause irrevocable harm and trauma. https://t.co/xrU1ILHjQk
To transform our youth justice system, we must recommit to a holistic model of care, and the JJRAIC is key to change.
Save the date for 10/5 at 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT. More information including the agenda will soon be available at: https://t.co/l383Cr3e2K
Save the date for 10/5 at 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT. More information including the agenda will soon be available at: https://t.co/l383Cr3e2K
For-profit facilities harm young people. Check out this Action Brief from @NJJNetwork with ways to take action to end the for-profit confinement of youth & ensure young people receive the support and services they need at home and in their communities: https://t.co/DpZXqwepsr
“They continue to perpetuate a damaging narrative about Black and brown youth to justify the ways in which they are mistreated and harmed." - Gina Womack, FFLIC Co-Founder and E.D. #NoKidsInAngola https://t.co/6k5tvws9QO
WE ARE ASKING OUR SUPPORTERS TO INVEST IN FFLIC'S CONTINUED WORK TO:
Stop the school to prison pipeline to help children stay in school and reduce the possibility of incarceration, and provide training to parents and schools on positive behavioral intervention supports.
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