Dignity In Schools Campaign National Conference - June 5 - 6, 2009

"A Collective Voice for Dignity in Schools"

On June 5 and 6, 2009, 150 advocates, organizers, youth, parents and educators from 20 states around the country came together in Chicago to discuss positive alternatives to zero-tolerance discipline and school pushout.

The goal of the conference and the ongoing work of the Dignity in Schools Campaign is to reframe the national dialogue on school climate and discipline within a human rights framework and to affirm that the human right to an education includes: the full development of the child; the protection of human dignity; freedom from discrimination; and the right to participation of parents, students, and educators.

At the conference, participants discussed policies and practices that promote dignity in schools, shared successful advocacy, organizing, legal and media strategies being used on the ground, and generated ideas for national mobilization.

The Dignity in Schools Campaign is now working with conference participants to finalize a National Resolution on Ending School Pushout that was drafted at the conference. To participate in the ongoing work to finalize the National Resolution email us at conference[at]dignityinschools.org.

Photos by Justyn Howard.

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