Know Your Rights: Advocacy for Children Attending Public School
135 Hill St
Asheville, NC 28801
USA
***FREE CHILDCARE WILL BE PROVIDED***
Keith Howard, J.D., an expert in special education law, student discipline law, bullying, and other education-law related matters has advocated for children for much of his carreer. He will present, Know Your Rights, an advocacy workshop that provides tools and resources for parent and advocates of children attending public schools. A question and answer period will follow the presentation.
The school-to-prison pipeline is real. In these times of little or no tolerance, we need to know how to support parents and advocates working to save children from bleak futures. The atmosphere created by these policies can mean behavior that once got kids sent to the principal‘s office, now mean children are expelled, suspended and sometimes channeled to law enforcement – this is a problem nationwide; black and brown children, in particular, face disparate discipline for similar behavior as white children.
Those interested in a positive future for our children are encouraged to attend this important special programing hosted by Asheville-Buncombe NAACP at Hill Street Baptist Church, 135 Hill Street Avl 28801. FREE CHILDCARE will be provided.
Questions about the event contact 828.423.6476 or 4ward2getherCall2Action@gm