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May 22, 2017

Voting rights advocates win big in North Carolina, get ready for next battle

Ever since NC enacted restrictions on when, where, and how people could vote—restrictions that disproportionately harmed students, the poor, and people of color—civil rights activists have been fighting back.

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January 12, 2017

Viral video of student being body slammed raises alarm over use of excessive force

Take Action › Join educators to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Click here › When North Carolina teacher Tracy Phillips heard about last week’s incident involving a Wake County school resource officer body slamming a teenage girl, she couldn’t even watch the video. “I was so disgusted,” she says. The video, which quickly went viral, shows … Continued

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September 23, 2016

Educators save one student from gang violence and deportation, lose another – and vow to keep fighting

Educators who have been racing against the clock to save two more North Carolina students from imminent deportation are contemplating a bittersweet victory today.

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September 9, 2016

Waiting to exhale: North Carolina educators still battling voter suppression

Despite the Supreme Court’s decision to block North Carolina’s notorious voter I.D. law, NC educators still find themselves battling election roadblocks that are very much alive at the local level.

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September 6, 2016

Jubilant students and educators welcome Wildin Acosta back to school

After a harrowing six-month stay in a detention center for undocumented immigrants, Wildin Acosta is back in school where he belongs.

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August 16, 2016

Educators, students, and community activists unite to #FreeWildin

“As we celebrate Wildin’s positive outcome, we need to remember there are many more students in detention.”

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June 14, 2016

Advice for educator activists from our Social Justice Award nominees

Our Social Justice Activist Award nominees share their advice for getting involved in activism.

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May 26, 2016

NC students, educator go to DC, speak out for arrested classmates

“America would be better served if these raids targeted criminals, rather than young people who want to get an education and be safe.”

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March 5, 2016

More schools address student safety as community fears of immigration raids intensify

“The stories they come to school with are heartbreaking.”

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February 23, 2016

Educators turn up the heat to rescue NC student seized in ICE raid on way to school

Acosta, a model student who is still determined to graduate, has sent word to his teachers asking them to please send his homework to the immigration detention center.

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