American Friends Service Committee St. Louis

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50 Years Since the Attica Uprising...

"So while the decadeslong fight led by students, parents, activists, and organizations alike to abolish police in schools is perhaps more readily understandable, we must also be calling for the abolition of policing in schools more broadly. The abolition of policies, practices, and structures that facilitate and support the narrative that Black students are a problem. The abolition of a system that uses our tax dollars to wield both tasers and textbooks against us. The abolition of the pipeline that funnels our babies from classrooms to cages." https://level.medium.com/funneling-our-children-from-classr

Join us Wednesday, August 25 at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT for the next installment of our livestream series where AFSC staff members share updates on our work. Amid ...job loss and growing income inequality catalyzed by COVID-19, people around the US are faced with potential eviction and housing insecurity. Join AFSC Youth Program Organizer Foluke Nunn for an update on local efforts to help tenants organize and call for extension of eviction moratoria, as well as ongoing work helping communities know their rights. Housing Justice League’s Natalie McLaughlin joins to share the work of our partner organization in these efforts. They will speak for 15-20 minutes, then open for questions and dialogue. See more

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We’re excited to be a part of this conversation tonight! Join us!

Join us TODAY at Fairground Park to party and protest with our community partners! We’ll be celebrating Black joy as resistance and building people power as the best investment for real community safety. Hope to see you there! Fairground Park 3715 Natural Bridge Ave, St. Louis, MO 63107... TODAY, 6/19 4 - 7 PM http://bit.ly/STLJuneteenth2021

"It is past time to stop building solitary cells and electric chairs simply because we refuse to believe something else is possible... together we can get there." - Honoring #Juneteenth, AFSC's Lewis Webb, Jr. reflects on the unfinished work of abolition. https://bit.ly/35xBEWC

Join AFSC St. Louis and our community partners at Fairground Park this Saturday from 4-7pm to celebrate #Juneteenth! There will be excellent music, delicious food, and fun for all! Hope to see you there!

#RealStudentSafety https://www.teenvogue.com//schools-reopening-resources-stu

Check out our colleagues in Oakland discussing police militarization!

Come out this Saturday!

WEBINAR TONIGHT! Use the link below to register for tonight’s Community Safety Beyond Policing webinar on Stopping Police Militarization! It starts at 7PM CT.

Have thoughts about school discipline and policing in schools? We'd love to hear them! Take our brief survey (5-7 min) to share your perspectives: bit.ly/STLKidsandCops

At last July's Children's March we marched with our children through downtown St. Louis. Senate Bill 66 would allow those who harm and injure children while protesting to escape accountability. This cannot happen. Please call your MO legislators to speak out against SB66. https://www.stltoday.com//article_486cfb09-0917-5fe1-91e7-

Join us in 1 hour and 20 minutes! (11am CST) Link to Zoom: www.tinyurl.com/AFSCZoom1-30 Meeting ID: 935 3536 8456 Passcode: AFSCSTL

With Valentine's Day coming up, we're thinking about love and relationships. More specifically, we're thinking about the relationship between schools and policing. Join us (virtually) next Saturday as we make cards to send to school officials on this issue. There may even be chocolate involved! Register: https://tinyurl.com/ValentineAFSC2021

If you're in the St. Louis region, we want your perspective on security and police in schools. Please take this survey as it will inform our local organizing around this important issue: bit.ly/STLKidsandCops #RealStudentSafety

AFSC St. Louis is excited to be part of a national conversation about creating police-free schools! Join us this Thursday at 7pm central time by registering at the link below! https://www.afsc.org//creating-police-free-schools-nationa

We must be vocal and work together to protect the integrity of our election. Voting is human right, and as such, everyone should have the opportunity to vote and feel confident that their vote will be counted. Take our pledge to protect our democracy at afsc.org/pledge.

**For young people ages 14-21** This is AFSC St. Louis' LAST virtual learning session on abolition. (Which also means it's your last opportunity to attend a workshop so that you can participate in the #RealStudentSafety Showcase and receive a $100 gift card!) Information about the #RealStudentSafety Showcase:... Create and share a piece of art, a project proposal, or an essay about what you would do to create real student safety in your school if you had the resources that your district currently allocates for police and security. (SLPS has $6.3 million budgeted for "security services.") This is NOT a competition. To participate and receive a $100 gift card, you must fill out an application (to be released soon!), participate in one of the analysis building workshops (last one is Sunday, 9/20 from 1-3pm!), share about your art, proposal, or essay on social media (with the #RealStudentSafety), and participate in the showcase (date and location TBD!) Register at http://tinyurl.com/y4hog3sk to receive the Zoom Link or email [email protected].

Check out this video our interns Kevin & Ma'Kayla made about the #RealStudentSafety campaign! Young people ages 14-21... Are you interested in participating in our #RealStudentSafety Showcase and receiving a $100 gift card!? Create a piece of art, make a project proposal, or write a essay about how you would create real student safety in your school if you had the resources in your school's budget currently allocated for police and security! (SLPS currently budgets $6.3 milli...on) To participate in the Showcase, young people must: 1) Participate in one of AFSC St. Louis's virtual learning sessions on abolition, 2) Fill out an application when it goes live on Sept. 21, 3) Share something about their art, project, or essay on social media with #RealStudentSafety, and 4) Commit to participating in the Showcase! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XZZk67ba74&feature=youtu.be

Join us TONIGHT! #FromAtticaToAbolition panel discussion kicking off the #FreeThemAll days of action. Don't forget to register here: https://secure.afsc.org/onlineactio/HoQVPp-_X0ChykjdRZlSJw2

Tonight’s session is going to be AMAZING! Join us if you can! Just send us a quick Facebook message or email ([email protected]) for the link!