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Houston’s news on youth power
Houston, Texas
Joined July 2020
Educators and community members across the country joined us on Feb. 16 to learn how they can take care of undocumented students and staff. We’ve posted our webinar notes, resources and recording.
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Educators and community members across the country joined us on Feb. 16 to learn how they can take care of undocumented students and staff.
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The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) renewed a Native American Studies course on Jun. 27. The 9-4 vote followed over four hours of discussion, during which testifiers explained the course’s importance and board members debated the course’s legality.
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After a year-and-a-half-long deliberation process, Texas school districts are re-allowed to offer Native American Studies course as an elective.
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As the Madleen, carrying 12 activists, was sailing across international waters toward Gaza on Jun. 8, Houstonians marched from Ervan Chew Park toward Hermann Park to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies. – @cindygiselles.
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Residents refuse to tolerate abductions in the U.S. and Palestine.
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“Queer BIPOC communities of Texas have long endeavored to make a home out of a space perceived by much of America to be inhospitable to queer existence.” - @annarajagopal.
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We must look to queer placemaking of the past to understand the present and imagine the future.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a New York State Assemblymember and democratic socialist won the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor. “This election reminds us that in a democracy, the power lies with the people. We just have to use it.” — @ayaanmoledina.
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It’s been too easy recently to feel defeated and to want to give up on our fight for a stronger democracy, but now I feel more committed than ever.
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We’re holding a Zoom webinar for young people across Texas to learn about working in nonprofit organizations—your rights, power, wellness and red flags to spot. Tuesday, Jun, 24 | 5:30 - 7:00 PM.
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Texas schools have real issues, yet lawmakers are busy challenging the separation of church and state. “This attack on educational intellectualism, coupled with the advancement of vouchers will force us to confront a constitutional crisis,” Moreno said.
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Our school system has real issues, yet lawmakers are busy challenging the separation of church and state.
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As the youngest poet to hold the role, Aris Kian participated in and organized nearly 100 events, media appearances, and poetry workshops. We’ve published a conversation between @rosewaterframes and Ariana Lee, Houston Youth Poet Laureate from 2022-2023.
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Aris Kian and Ariana Lee discuss slam poetry, abolition, the HISD takeover, and more.
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Graduation season has arrived and many young people across Texas are looking for a job. If you’re eyeing a nonprofit organization, read what Muizz Akhtar and Melissa C. Allala have to say.
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Just because you care about the work, doesn't mean you should be exploited.
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At last month’s Harris County Commissioner Court meeting, many residents opposed a new jail. Speakers said a new jail would be used for deportation schemes or to house political dissidents. It wouldn't address medical care issues or root causes of crime.
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After getting their mobilization delayed twice, the coalition finally made their message clear: Communities Not Cages.
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Over 200 Rice University community members gathered for a campus-wide protest on Apr. 8 to demand the school take tangible action to protect its students—namely, international students. Via @annarajagopal .
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The protest, organized by a new coalition on Rice’s campus, highlights how interrelated the fight is for Palestinian liberation.
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@laurenhsweeney We also posted an interview with “Safeguard the Flame” organizers.
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Organizers from Palestine Solidarity share their vision of the event, the choice to include former Black Panthers, and future plans.
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“Safeguard the Flame” event brought together the wisdom of former Black Panthers, longtime political prisoners, and elders of liberation movements who have spent their lives resisting imperialist violence. via @laurenhsweeney .
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If political prisoners can resist from within the harshest conditions the imperialist forces have to offer, what's our excuse?
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We’ve opened the application to our Movement News Fellowship!. Learn more details and apply by April 11, 2025.
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Applications close April 11, 2025.
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The Communities Not Cages Coalition is mobilizing against a proposal for a new jail in Harris County. The group is asking residents to reject the proposal at Commissioners Court and to advocate for youth programs that address community violence.
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Funding our youth is a much more effective strategy for dealing with community violence.
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Several student journalists and advisors of @voicestexas met with lawmakers and their staff at the Texas State Capitol on Mar. 17 to advocate for student journalists’ rights and student press freedom. Via @nainazaara.
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Student journalists and advisors advocated for legislation that would give school newspapers broader freedoms.
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At a Texas House hearing, which lasted over 14 hours and ended after midnight, hundreds of critics argued against the privatization of public education. Via @trishadgupta.
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At the House hearing, which lasted over 14 hours and ended after midnight, critics argued against the privatization of public education.
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A bill to require every classroom in Texas public schools to display the King James Bible edition of the Ten Commandments has returned as one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s legislative priorities. @cameronjsamuels says SB 10 is a waste of limited resources.
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Senate Bill 10 doesn’t solve a legitimate issue. It only endangers the future of our schools and democracy.
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The Houstonians who marched toward City Hall on Mar. 8 want history to show that the current administration writes policies into law that directly discriminate against immigrants in America. Via @cindygiselles .
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The afternoon included a cultural play, poster-making, and a mail-in protest before the march.
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“Throughout almost four years of organizing and fighting for change in youth movements—especially in the South—I’ve realized some harsh truths about movement sustainability,” said @DaTaeveyonJD of @studentsengaged.
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Youth-led movements around the nation have an easier time getting financial support than southern youth movements.
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On Feb. 19, Students for Justice in Palestine at UH held a strike to demand the university divest from weapons manufacturers. Protesters were met with suppression from police officers instead of dialogue with their school administration.
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The student strike on Feb. 19th at the University of Houston laid the groundwork to make UH’s divestment from weapons manufacturers inevitable.
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