Young Activists Coalition

A Cincinnati-based, youth-led movement fighting for peace, justice, and human rights for all.

[Young Activists Coalition @youngactivistsc]

Young Activists Coalition is excited to announce our new Fix Our Schools campaign! Learn how to get involved or read more about the campaign on our website at https://t.co/MM5th2Ou8d

[ACLU of Ohio @acluohio]

Students in Cincinnati Public Schools deserve an environment where they are safe and supported, not policed.

https://t.co/2c6yy4Zk60

[Cincinnati Socialists @CincySocialists]

100% solidarity with these young people.

[Young Activists Coalition @youngactivistsc]

@Nathaniveytv We're glad you asked! Here's the article we published with the ACLU going over this data: https://t.co/5GOnMYyYPh
And here's a one-pager with a more complete overview of the data:
https://t.co/yuoJaDOlWU

[Young Activists Coalition @youngactivistsc]

When people ask questions like this, they're missing the obvious: Police in schools *is* violence. Placing an arm of criminalization into the school environment is introducing the fundamental violence of that system into school.
Student leadership is how we're going to fix this.

[tstorm @terrastormguy]

@voteholt @CincyPD @youngactivistsc Students should not be leaders or activists. They must be obedient and take instruction. This is fake and cringe. , who will protect the students from violence if not CPD ? private military contractors?? Local moms?? 😂

[opinion contributor @_suttonchris]

cops don’t belong in school (or really anywhere) get @CincyPD out of CPS

hell yeah @youngactivistsc ✊

[Mike Moroski @mike_moroski]

I know of at least one dissenting vote. 🙋🏻‍♂️

[mad mitch @maddiemitch_]

There were 8 speakers today at the public hearing for @IamCPS board meeting. All 8 spoke against the board’s resolution to commit to an ongoing partnership with @CincyPD.

@Enquirer

[mad mitch @maddiemitch_]

Walnut Hills students Sophie Glenn, Khara Rosebrook and Gabe Conley are out protesting with other adult community members against police presence in Cincinnati Public Schools. The board meeting starts at 5 pm today. @Enquirer

[Nick Swartsell @nswartsell]

At Cincinnati School Board meeting. Board poised to pass a resolution reaffirming support for Cincinnati Police school resource officers. Several CPS students speaking against.

"I want to believe CPS is a place where I can be safe. I don't feel that," one student says.

[mad mitch @maddiemitch_]

Walnut Hills senior Bella Gordo leads chant at protest outside @IamCPS district office. They’ve been protesting against the district’s SRO program for two years. @Enquirer

[mad mitch @maddiemitch_]

I’m outside the Mary A. Ronan Education Center where Young Activists Coalition president Bella Gordo, 17, is out protesting with Walnut Hills classmates against a resolution to continue the school resource officer program at @IamCPS

For @Enquirer

[mad mitch @maddiemitch_]

After 2 years of protests, senior Erin Derico said, CPS has done nothing to address “wildly racially disproportionate” discipline data.

“They don’t care about public health. They don’t care about public safety. They don’t care about student success.” @Enquirer

[Young Activists Coalition @youngactivistsc]

@voteholt @CincyPD For those wanting to do something about this and to show CPS that the community doesn’t want cops criminalizing our kids, YAC is leading a protest today at 4:30!! All are welcome, and support is much appreciated!

[Young Activists Coalition @youngactivistsc]

REMINDER—TODAY at 4:30 PM—Be there!!

[Young Activists Coalition @youngactivistsc]

EMERGENCY PROTEST ACTION!

CPS intends to once again turn their backs on student safety by voting to keep no-accountability cops in schools and CPS's disastrous school-to-prison pipeline going strong. We need your support on 9/12 to fight back for safe schools and CPD out of CPS!

[Evan C. Holt 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇸🇩 @voteholt]

Get @CincyPD out of CPS! ✊🏾

@youngactivistsc

[Young Activists Coalition @youngactivistsc]

EMERGENCY PROTEST ACTION!

CPS intends to once again turn their backs on student safety by voting to keep no-accountability cops in schools and CPS's disastrous school-to-prison pipeline going strong. We need your support on 9/12 to fight back for safe schools and CPD out of CPS!

[Young Activists Coalition @youngactivistsc]

There is NO school safety with school policing. Period. Childhood arrest and criminalization is not safe. @IamCPS can’t say they represent safety while supporting while undermining the safety and security of its students *every day*.

[Young Activists Coalition @youngactivistsc]

@IamCPS Your students demand better. And they deserve to have a district that values their safety and ability to grow and learn without the threat of arrest. You can’t keep pretending to support restorative justice and student safety while you support their criminalization.

[Young Activists Coalition @youngactivistsc]

@IamCPS takes yet another opportunity to declare their total support for cops and criminalization in schools—yet they avoid the reality of school policing data PROVING that what they’re applauding is really one of the worst school-to-prison pipelines in the country. Why?

[I Am CPS @IamCPS]

Join our safety town hall now! Link to join can be found by clicking here: https://t.co/7oypy3vucN

[Young Activists Coalition @youngactivistsc]

But what does @IamCPS do? Pretend there isn’t a problem. The students being arrested and forced into the criminal legal system EVERY DAY don’t have the luxury of ignoring this. CPS continues to discredit, avoid, and obfuscate, rather than confronting the reality of discipline.