Community members, parents, teachers, and students. Addressing racial inequity by building community through activism and engagement in Albemarle County, VA
In solidarity with our brothers and sisters across the country and in recognition that our communities are inextricably entwined, we ask you to join these community groups calling for #PoliceFreeSchools in Albemarle County & Charlottesville City Schools. https://t.co/TiV3txh62Y
**Call to action!**
CW: police violence against a child.
A Nelson Co. HS student was brutalized by sheriffs last week. The school division is placing blame on the student, while using an increased police presence to threaten students who wish to protest this inhumane treatment.
Tell them it’s not okay to threaten upset students with more police if they protest. Tell them to keep all SROs and police out of their schools, because Cops ≠ Safety. Cops ≠ Security. Cops ≠ Peace. Demand these officers be fired.
“Absolutely unacceptable” that’s what students at Nelson County High School say about the treatment of a Nelson County High School students during an interaction with sheriffs in Nelson.
The parking lot after a school board meeting last night in Franklin, the wealthiest place in Tennessee. Parents harassed medical professionals who had spoken in favor of masks in schools. “We know who you are. You can leave freely, but we will find you.”
@IAMJHUD Horrified, shocked, and disgusted. Why would you participate in trauma porn. I am a Charlottesville resident and the use of A11/A12 Unite the Right footage....our entire community has taken note of your complicit behavior in perpetuating our trauma.
Someone asked "How do you put this fire out?" That's a hard Q.
-An apology for the hurtful things that were said, implied, or the way things were said is 100% needed.
-Reach out to Ts to seek no-holds-barred, repercussion-free feedback, & not the same usual ones. (& not me) 1/
We demand that the @k12albemarle school board educate themselves on transformative justice practices and do the research to redesign and redefine "safety" in our schools. Your egos and racism continue to put our children at risk every day. #AlbemarleCounty#ACPS#AlbemarleSchools
Suggesting that ACPS replace cops with security guards WHO ARE TRAINED BY THE COPS proves that ACPS does not understand the school to prison pipeline. Security guards participate in the same racist power structures of fear and intimidation. #PoliceFreeSchools#CounselorsNotCops