CJSF mourns with the students, families and staff of the Apalachee High School community. Even as we mourn, we will not be complacent. We must ensure schools are holistically safe for our children and the adults guiding their learning journeys.

Radical hope is now required, and education justice organizers have powerful visions that usher in new possibilities for BIPOC and TQ2S youth, caregivers, and educators. Check out @ManuelaArcLas 1 year anniversary reflections as E.D. at CJSF! https://t.co/lFKpStQyNU

#JordanNeely should have been on stage, dancing across Broadway instead of the grave where he now lays. Jordan Neely was not killed by one man, he was lynched by our entire system. It was not an "incident", it was a societal choice. 1/4

We just got started! Come join us! https://t.co/Vj0NRDUrWR #TeacherAppreciationWeek #education #justice #philanthropy

Excited for this convo!

Join youth from @BlackSwanAcad and @BCPSSUnion tomorrow, May 9th, 6:30-7:30PM as they talk about their shared struggles for #PoliceFreeSchools and dismantling the school to prison pipeline in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. See ⬇️ for more info.

Join us and our partners from @dcaesj and @BLMAtSchool on Thursday, 5/11 (12pm ET) as we celebrate #TeacherAppreciation by talking with some amazing educators about how we move toward liberatory education possibilities. Register at: https://t.co/Vj0NRDUrWR

Keep in mind that @GovRonDeSantis and his staff and police had a few other doors to enter the office at this point. This was an explicit choice and act of aggression.

Floridians from across the state are occupying Gov Ron DeSantis’s office in an act of civil disobedience, demanding a meeting and singing their version of #ThisJoy at the top of their lungs! Follow @Dreamdefenders for live coverage + jail support. 📹 from our co-founder @NelStamp

They sang, stayed put and got arrested in 'the freest state' | Steve Bousquet

Florida is ground zero for fascism and the far right's agenda to send us back in time. We urgently need to build a mass movement to stop Ron DeSantis and the slew of fascist politicians on school boards and city councils, in state houses and congress all across the country and

Our Georgetown Policy Resident, Erika Roberson, published this powerful piece today: "What the Spreadsheets Don't Show About Teacher Shortages: Community is the Missing Ingredient" uplifting the work of many CJSF's partners: https://t.co/Tz4OGWJVCk @edtransformGU

@EJGoulet @ScottGoldstein To be clear #PoliceFreeSchools IS a priority of our org. b/c youth directed it to be. However, youth advocate on numerous issues every year. Check out our Black Youth Agendas to learn more about the most pressing issues, Black youth have identified.

Now this is a powerful partnership! Congrats @JG4Justice and @REELPolicy

This = an active choice to discriminate. "An internal Dept of Public Instruction equity analysis conducted in '21 found that DEWS generated false alarms about Black & Hispanic students not graduating on time at a significantly greater rate than it did for White classmates."

We love our partnership with y'all, @edtransformGU

"give up the funds" "fellowships" "let that bread go"

What role can philanthropy play in uplifting your work to build holistically safe schools and communities? And to push back on the harms embedded in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act? "educating yourself on the groups doing the work"

Some themes we're hearing from our young organizers: having young people at the forefront, healing trauma, and building community. "Action is our medicine" Read more about Communities United's Healing Through Justice effort here: