Journey For Justice

Public schools are the heart of every community, a place where the next generation of doctors, engineers, writers and artists learn and grow. They are where parents, teachers and community members come together to support their children and invest in their futures. When schools struggle, it is [...]

Photograph; Irene Robinson (left) waits with granddaughter Akilra Roberts for the bus. Because the bus only runs at the beginning and end of the regular school day, Akilra has trouble getting home from after-school activities. (Armando L. Sanchez / Hechinger Report) Perhaps you have met Irene Robinson [...]

Mass school closures have become a popular, "quick fix" for policymakers trying to address struggling schools and budget crises – despite the lack of evidence that closures save money or even improve opportunities for students. Instead, school closures are both a symptom and a cause of perpetuated [...]

'63 Boycott - Today is Freedom Day LESSONS FROM THE 1963 BOYCOTT The Struggle for Quality Education in Chicago Then and Now On October 22, 1963, more than 200,000 Chicago Public Schools students boycotted school to protest segregation and inequality, in one of the largest civil [...]

Journey for Justice Alliance Resources – Our Children Are Not Collateral Damage Click to download the guide! Click to download the guide! Click to download the guide! Click to download the guide! Click [...]

We are all on a journey of sorts. Most experience that life is full of injustices. We each have a dream of equality, but few imagine that they will get there. Alone we try. However, our efforts never seem to be enough. Thus, we look to history [...]

Journey for Justice 2: Our Children are not Collateral Damage! from Rachel Dickson on Vimeo. Journey for Justice: "Our Children are Not Collateral Damage!" Video" On January 29th 2013, the Department of Education, Civil Rights Division held a Hearing on School Closures, Turnarounds, Phase-Outs and Co-Locations. [...]

Download School Closures: Facts and Statistics Download Strong Schools, Strong Neighborhoods. Uniting to Protect Public School Children Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett and the mayor's hand-picked Chicago Board of Education have their sights set on closing 54 public schools this year, giving [...]

FIRST THEY CAME FOR… First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came [...]