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The Stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement.

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Is Everyone Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education by Ozlem Sensoy | Goodreads

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We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates | Goodreads

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TAKE A STAND CENTER

Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center's new Take a Stand Center, a breakthrough exhibition, will lead visitors from Knowledge to Inspiration to Action action, with the 4,000-square-foot Center comprised of three unique and interactive galleries: the Abe & Ida Cooper Survivor Stories Experience, Goodman Upstander Gallery, and Take a Stand Lab.
ABE & IDA COOPER SURVIVOR STORIES EXPERIENCE
This first in the world experience utilizes groundbreaking technology to enable a 'conversation' with 13 recorded Holocaust survivors via 3-D holography, preserving their stories for generations to come. The technology, developed by USC Shoah Foundation's New Dimensions in Testimony program, combines high-definition holographic interview recordings and voice recognition technology to enable Survivors to tell their deeply moving personal stories and then respond to questions from the audience, inviting one-on-one 'conversation.'
GOODMAN UPSTANDER GALLERY
This gallery extends the message beyond the Holocaust to showcase 40 courageous "Upstanders" throughout history and today, striving in the areas of civic, social, economic and environmental rights.

This action-oriented Lab puts the power of change in visitors' hands and provides hands-on tools for affecting change-and becoming an Upstander-including a toolkit for visitors to take home.
Click here to view activism styles and tools.

Grand Opening
Sunday, October 29, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Celebrate the opening of the new Take a Stand Center with a day of exploration and activities including the opportunity to hear from the Survivors filmed for the Survivor Stories Experience, musical performances, and spoken-word poetry.

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The Illinois Holocaust Museum tells the story of the Holocaust through interactive exhibitions that move and inspire. World-class special exhibitions explore broad themes related to the mission of the Museum which aim to foster the promotion of human rights and the elimination of genocide.

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Art that doesn't just grab your attention, but sends a message, makes a statement and resonates.

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Our Pop Up JUST Art Gallery is an active space bringing together multiple communities using art as a catalyst to think deeply and critically about today's most pressing social justice issues.

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Free storytelling resources for educators from Youth Radio, NPR's youth desk.

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Become a member of our community!

Are you a young person interested in making change, but don't know where to start? Or are you an adult who is inspired by the recent wave of youth activism in the U.S. and want to help out? We'd love for you to join our community!
Click here if you're a teen (middle and high school)! Click here if you're an adult (18+)!

After hosting a Storytelling Day at my school with the Youth Activism Project's help, my gears were still turning. Having the opportunity to make a difference in my school's community was amazing, but I wanted to do more. I just didn't know what that something was yet. That is, until the Youth Activism Project, once Continue reading I Did A Voter Registration Drive in my High School and You Should Too!

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Our trainings and workshops are intergenerational and intersectional, open to adults and young people interested in anti-oppression practices and movement build

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Educate, Don’t Incarcerate: A Youth-Led Campaign to Invest in Healing Young People | VOYCE Project

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81% of school arrests in CPS from 2013-2014 were for non-serious offenses, many of which would be considered non-arrestable outside of a school building. In 2014, 96% of students arrested inside a CPS school were Black or Latino.

Every year, thousands of K-12 students in Illinois, mostly Black or Latino, are arrested for minor offenses that do not threaten public safety. Documented examples of offenses that Illinois students have been arrested for include writing their names on a desk, putting their head down and not participating in class, walking past a fight and having a tantrum caused by separation anxiety and depression.

These unnecessary arrests have terrible consequences:
* A first-time arrest doubles the odds that a student will drop out of school;
* A first-time court appearance quadruples the odds that a student will drop out;
* Once a student drops out, they are far more likely to end up in the criminal justice system;
* After an arrest, a student can face major obstacles when applying for college, financial aid, the military, and jobs.

Illinois must eliminate unnecessary school-based arrests and promote the use of developmentally appropriate disciplinary alternatives that protect school safety, raise academic achievement and save taxpayer dollars.

Illinois can shift resources away from police in school programs that disproportionally arrest students of color for minor infractions, towards supports that constructively and compassionately address student behavioral issues (often as a result of trauma) effectively. To achieve this, CU has partnered with Senator Daniel Biss and Representative Emmanuel Chris Welch to introduce the "Eliminating the Unnecessary Arrest of K-12 Students" Act.

THE "ELIMINATING THE UNNECESSARY ARREST OF K-12 STUDENTS" ACT WILL:

1. Provide clear guidelines for schools and law enforcement to use arrest only as a last resort.
2. Limits school-based arrests to felony offenses and serious, violent misdemeanors.
3. Encourage schools to re-allocate resources toward evidence-based and promising practices that promote school safety and healthy learning environments, such as:
* restorative justice programs
* school psychologists, social workers, and other mental and behavioral health specialists
* drug and alcohol treatment services
* wraparound services for youth
* training for school staff on conflict resolution techniques and other disciplinary alternatives.

*The "Eliminating The Unnecessary Arrests of K-12 Students" Act does not limit the rights and duties of teachers, school administrators, other school district employees, and law enforcement officers from reporting and responding to criminal conduct by any individual who is not a student under the school district's jurisdiction.

Youth from across the city through Communities United, VOYCE and Right On Justice are building a coalition of youth-led community organizations, faith based institutions, policy and legal groups, restorative justice practitioners, and other allies to advance this reform statewide.

What The Data Says: Police in Schools

Chicago Public Schools pays millions per year to have police officers placed in high schools, primarily in neighborhoods where young people display high levels of behavioral issues due to poverty and trauma.
The facts:

* Between 2013-2014 nearly 30 Black youth were arrested for every one white juvenile in a CPS building
* In 2014, 96% of students arrested inside a CPS school were Black or Latino
* 81% of these arrests were for non-serious misdemeanor offenses, many of which would be considered non-arrestable outside of a school building

Source: https://infogr.am/_/IYB5YYXkEc9bkLhnPq5X

For more information about these efforts, contact jose@voyceproject.org via email, or call
VOYCE at 773-583-1387.

For more information, or to get involved, contact VOYCE Coordinator Jose Sanchez at jose@voyceproject.org
via email, or call Communities United at 773-583-1387.

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81% of school arrests in CPS from 2013-2014 were for non-serious offenses, many of which would be considered non-arrestable outside of a school building. In 2014, 96% of students arrested inside a CPS school were Black or Latino. Every year, thousands of K-12 students in Illinois, mostly Black or Latino, are arrested for minor offenses that do not threaten public safety.

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On Saturday, survivors of last month's school shooting in Parkland, Florida, met with high school students from Chicago to discuss gun violence and its effects on their communities, coming together to "share stories, ideologies, and pizza," according to Parkland survivor and student activist Emma González.

"Those who face gun violence on a level that we have only just glimpsed from our gated communities have never had their voices heard in their entire lives the way that we have in these few weeks alone," González tweeted.

"The platform us Parkland Students have established is to be shared with every person, black or white, gay or straight, religious or not, who has experienced gun violence, and hand in hand, side by side, We Will Make This Change Together," she also wrote on Twitter.

(1/4)Yesterday, the members of @AMarch4OurLives got to meet up with some of the most wonderful and most strong spoken students of Chicago. "Florida's safest city" and one of the cities in America most affected by gun violence came together to share stories, ideologies, and pizza. pic.twitter.com/3SIDgvAnDM
- Emma González (@Emma4Change) March 4, 2018

(2/4) Those who face gun violence on a level that we have only just glimpsed from our gated communities have never had their voices heard in their entire lives the way that we have in these few weeks alone. Since we all share in feeling this pain and know all too well how it
- Emma González (@Emma4Change) March 4, 2018

(3/4) feels to have to grow up at the snap of a finger, we were able to cover a lot of ground in communicating our experiences. People of color in inner-cities and everywhere have been dealing with this for a despicably long time, and the media cycles just don't cover the
- Emma González (@Emma4Change) March 4, 2018

(4/4) violence the way they did here. The platform us Parkland Students have established is to be shared with every person, black or white, gay or straight, religious or not, who has experienced gun violence, and hand in hand, side by side, We Will Make This Change Together.
- Emma González (@Emma4Change) March 4, 2018

In the weeks since the February 14 shooting, the survivors from the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High Schoolhave seized national attention with a call for gun control. Their activism has not been without its detractors, but for the most part has drawn considerable support from celebrities and the media.

To some observers, the reaction to the Parkland students' activism appears very different from how the public and politicians usually respond to gun violence in other communities.

"Young black people have been fighting to save lives through gun reform laws for years without the support and energy given to the Stoneman Douglas students," noted Teen Vogue columnist Lincoln Anthony Blades. "In fact, black youth, who've been passionately advocating for gun control measures, have been demonized, obfuscated, and overlooked."

These critiques have not been raised to detract from the student's activism, but to question society at large about what it does and does not support. As I've written before, the difference in reactions "opens up a complicated discussion about who gets empathy in America, what issues are deemed important, and the types of activism and activists that the public responds to."

That school shootings do not account for the majority of gun violence affecting young people only adds to this debate. According to an analysis of fatal and nonfatal childhood firearm injuries compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black children face the highest rates of firearm mortality, a difference largely driven by black youth being more likely to face a firearm homicide.

"From 2012 to 2014," the researchers note, "the annual firearm homicide rate for African American children (3.5 per 100 000) was nearly twice as high as the rate for American Indian children (2.2 per 100 000), 4 times higher than the rate for Hispanic children (0.8 per 100 000), and ∼10 times higher than the rate for white children and Asian American children (each 0.4 per 100 000)."

Recent school safety proposals introduced after Parkland - like potentially arming some teachers and staff - also ignore that students of color, especially black students, are more likely to face discipline and punishment in schools than their white peers, and that many of these disparities could be exacerbated by recent proposals to arm teachers or increase school security.

The Parkland students have been facing many of these issues head-on, meeting with the survivors of the 2016Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, and now with the Chicago students, in an effort to build coalitions and expand their fight against gun violence.

Students from Chicago say that they plan on walking out of school this month, joining activists around the country in the National School Walkout and the March for Our Lives events, and they've extended an invitation for Parkland students to visit Chicago.

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On Saturday, survivors of last month's school shooting in Parkland, Florida, met with high school students from Chicago to discuss gun violence and its effects on their communities, coming together to "share stories, ideologies, and pizza," according to Parkland survivor and student activist Emma González.

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Sarah Corbett: Activism needs introverts | TED Talk

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For the introverts among us, traditional forms activism like marches, protests and door-to-door canvassing can be intimidating and stressful. Take it from Sarah Corbett, a former professional campaigner and self-proclaimed introvert. She introduces us to "craftivism," a quieter form of activism that uses handicrafts as a way to get people to slow down and think deeply about the issues they're facing, all while engaging the public more gently.

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The protests calling for stricter gun control measures come on the heels of other youth movements, but the momentum they have gained makes them stand out.

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CHICAGO (CBS) - A group of Chicago high school students has returned from Parkland, Florida, after meeting survivors of last month's deadly school shooting.

The trip came together very fast. Activist priest Fr. Michael Pfleger and former Education Secretary Arne Duncan made it happen; two groups of young people from different backgrounds who have a common interest of addressing gun violence.

Pfleger long has been an advocate of stricter gun control laws. The marquee outside his church, St. Sabina, bears the words "ban assault weapons." It's a message taken from the South Side to South Florida this weekend.

"Why are our kids doing something that our leaders should be doing?" said Lamar Johnson, the youth services coordinator for BRAVE (Bold Resistance Against Violence Everywhere) at St. Sabina, made the trip to Parkland with St. Sabina Academy students.

The group of Chicago high school students met with those who survived the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. The students shared ideas and life experiences poolside, but their experience wasn't a vacation; more of a plan of action.

"We were just explaining the difference between how violence has affected them in Parkland versus everyday violence here," Johnson said.

Emma Gonzalez hosted the teens from Chicago. The Stoneman Douglas student has become a passionate advocate for the "Never Again" movement in the days following the mass shooting at her school.

"It really gave me hope to see these kids from high schools putting their minds together regardless of what city they're from, or experiences, to do something about this gun issue in America," Johnson said.

On March 14, students at St. Sabina Academy planned to join high schoolers from around the country in the National School Walkout, a nationwide demonstration in support of tougher gun laws. Then, on March 24, the students will go to Washington, D.C., for the March For Our Lives rally in the nation's capital.

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Chicago Teens Meet With Parkland Survivors To Discuss Gun Violence

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CHICAGO (CBS) - A group of Chicago high school students has returned from Parkland, Florida, after meeting survivors of last month's deadly school shooting. The trip came together very fast. Activist priest Fr. Michael Pfleger and former Education Secretary Arne Duncan made it happen; two groups of young people from different backgrounds who have a common interest of addressing gun violence.

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The survivors of the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting have surprised many with their public activism. But they are hardly the first students to push the adult world for political change.

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Advice on Leading Change from Experienced Youth Activists and Allies

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MISSION STATEMENT

We're protesting congressional, state, and local failures to take action to prevent gun violence. America is the only country in the world where so many people are killed by guns, and yet our leaders do nothing about it. In many states it's more difficult to register to vote than it is to buy a rifle. Apparently to some politicians, a vote is scarier than a gun. We're changing that.

We encourage you to talk to a classmate you have never talked to before about this protest. Ask them if they would like to join you. This is the time to unite. There is power in our community. It is up to us to make the change.

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SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO

We want to share your story of why you are protesting with us.
Please hold your recording device / phone horizontal.

TELL US YOUR NAME
YOUR AGE AND GRADE
WHY YOU ARE PROTESTING

WE'LL PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER, BECAUSE MANY VOICES ARE LOUDER THAN ONE!

FAQs

When is the protest?
April 20th (the anniversary of the Columbine massacre) at 10:00 a.m., your local time zone. It will end at the end of your school day.
Are there other dates?
While other organizations have planned protests and/or marches for other dates, the National Student Walkout is scheduled for April 20th. This issue needs constant attention if we hope to change anything, so multiple events on multiple days is a productive way to help fight for our cause, a safer country.
What about safety?
Safety is a priority, that is why we encourage schools to do what they know is best for their community. Regionally, every school will be different. The plan is for students to walk out at 10 a.m. and go to an outside space on campus. Students walking out of their classrooms and into a common space (Student center, school library etc) and having their protest inside is supported.
What exactly will happen the day of the protest?
Starting at 10 a.m. students will gather outside, where 17 minutes of silence will honor the victims in Florida. After that an open mic will commence where students can have their voices heard. This is a time for listening. After that the schedule is up to you and your school. Lane Murdock's High School has a specific list of events being planned for that day. That will also be shared if you want inspiration.
What are we protesting?
We're protesting the violence in schools and the lack of change that has occured to stop that. The day is also a time for students to interact on an elevated platform they have never had before. It is a day of discourse and thoughtful sharing. Bringing together communities and students to get a national discussion rolling.
What about college/university?
We think think movements by those students are a wonderful idea. Since we are student run and have limited time we are focusing on high school right now. We do not discourage the idea and support it 100% but can't focus on it right now.
How can parents help?
Parents can help by supporting kids in their effort to self organize. They may be present during the walk out but are encouraged to let the youth lead. Again, things will be different depending on what your school and its students decide to do but we encourage the day to be student lead with parental and community and school administration support.
What kind of apparel is available?
Please see our website for merchandise; all profits are donated to help the victims of gun violence and for funding the fight for common-sense gun laws.
How do I get my school/town/city involved?
Our website has an overview of how to register an event, talk to school administrators, attract fellow students, and invite any guests or speakers.
How do I get in contact with National School Walkout?
Our email is schoolwalkoutus@gmail.com

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We're protesting congressional, state, and local failures to take action to prevent gun violence. America is the only country in the world where so many people are killed by guns, and yet our leaders do nothing about it. In many states it's more difficult to register to vote than it is to buy a rifle.

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The mission of the museum is to act as a voice for individuals whose perspectives are often omitted from the mainstream dialogue. We seek to showcase their artistic explorations of social injustices and to inspire action toward political and social change.

With the incessant exposure to violence (videos, photos, news stories) we are committed to pursuing more resources for arts programming and arts education in order to address the trauma that many in our city and country face. We are dedicated to the healing process that art inherently provides to support our community's overall health and well-being.

We know that when students participate in the arts, they learn critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills. When students have access to art education, they are engaging in meaningful examinations of artwork and methods of art making in order to participate in critical, meaningful, and joyful learning. They are able to tell their story through art and appreciate the stories of others, encouraging empathy, peace, love, compassion and unity. Our museum seeks to be a place to exhibit and celebrate this learning.

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The mission of the museum is to act as a voice for individuals whose perspectives are often omitted from the mainstream dialogue. We seek to showcase their artistic explorations of social injustices and to inspire action toward political and social change.