Students for Educational Justice (SEJ)

Through youth-led organizing, SEJ drives racial and educational justice and cultivates self-pride in young BIPOC

[Students for Educational Justice (SEJ) @SEJMovement]

Wednesday, November 8 — SEJ and the ARTLC are hosting a virtual student mental health forum! RSVP using the link!
https://t.co/nO0PjZrbJj

[NHFPL @NHFPL]

Did you know? The Teen Center is host to the weekly meeting of @SEJMovement. Meetings are open to New Haven teens and are held every Thursday afternoon. Come join the conversation and movement to bring racial and educational justice in Connecticut!

[Students for Educational Justice (SEJ) @SEJMovement]

SEJ will be holding our 5-year anniversary celebration on Thursday, November 10th at 6pm! There will be art, performances, and refreshments. RSVP today 😁 https://t.co/CoXqPQBdjS

[Students for Educational Justice (SEJ) @SEJMovement]

This Saturday, join SEJ and the New Haven Public Library for our Juneteenth celebration! RSVP for our free event here https://t.co/y5hWxNytxm

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

On today, his 97th birthday, I am remembering #MalcolmX (el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz) and praying for his dear daughters.

#MalcolmXDay 🖤

[Claudia Jones School for Political Education @ClaudiaJonesEdu]

May 19 is a revolutionary birth date.

Ho Chi Minh (b. May 19, 1890)
Lorraine Hansberry (b. May 19, 1930)
Malcolm X (b. May 19, 1925)
Yuri Kochiyama (b. May 19, 1921)

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

These teens got into an altercation at a NJ mall, but ONLY the Black teen was arrested! 1 ofc. sat the white teen down & allowed him to watch while the other ofc. tackled the Black teen — then they both handcuffed him! Their actions are clearly racially biased & unacceptable!

[Lesley Carhart @hacks4pancakes]

So if you’re not aware of what’s going on in Chicago schools, the teachers union is striking over COVID surge response measures and the city has disabled Google Classroom access today for all their teachers and support staff so they can’t contact their students during the strike.

[Students for Educational Justice (SEJ) @SEJMovement]

Toni, a junior at Metropolitan Business Academy, talks about her experience with sexual harassment in middle school and lack of support from staff.

[Students for Educational Justice (SEJ) @SEJMovement]

TONIGHT at 6 PM: Dismantling the Culture of Policing in Schools https://t.co/6A0zdEAF3w

[Students for Educational Justice (SEJ) @SEJMovement]

Max, a senior at Metropolitan Business Academy, reveals' his worries when first coming out as trans at school and wary nature around police and SROs.

[AJ+ @ajplus]

Court records of a Black woman arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Alabama bus have been expunged and destroyed.

Civil rights activist Claudette Colvin was arrested at 15, months before Rosa Parks, and given "indefinite" probation. She is now 82.

[Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks]

Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia on December 2, 1859.

[BLMNewHaven @BLMNewHaven]

Don't know how to give back?? Drop some Items off at our community Fridge located inside Varick's Parking lot Dixwell ave.

Food Items are Free •• No judgement •• Take what you need •• Give what you can. #BLMNH

[Students for Educational Justice (SEJ) @SEJMovement]

TODAY is #GivingTuesday

Donate what you can at https://t.co/gy0xMKEmn5!