Instead of providing opportunity for equal education and careers, schools too often are criminalizing minor infractions and sending students to court.
Brian McGiverin of the Texas Civil Rights Project and Austin Lawyers Guild will moderate a panel on “Reversing the Criminalization of School Discipline.” Panelists include: Kathryn Newell, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid; Stephanie Frogge, UT School of Social Work; and Amanda Austin, Occupy AISD, Early Intervention Specialist.
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Location: Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1801 Pennsylvania Ave.