11th Annual National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth – May 15 – May 21, 2023

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11th Annual
National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth
Monday, May 15 – Sunday, May 21, 2023

DO ANY TYPE OF ACTION AND TELL US ABOUT IT

  • The National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth is a fully-volunteer project organized by hundreds of groups and individuals around the United States.
  • The National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth is a fully-volunteer project organized by hundreds of groups and individuals around the United States.
  • We are looking for groups and individuals around the United States to organize events.
  • The juvenile justice system targets four youth group for incarceration; they are the following, in no specific order: (1) Youth of Color, (2) Youth with Disabilities, (3) Economically Disadvantaged Youth, and (4) LGBT+ Youth.

Campaign Coordinator:
Chelsie Acosta
chelsieacosta@hotmail.com

PROBLEM: The three-step oppressive punishment process targeting youth is.

1. Criminalization of Youth is the stigmatization of youth through laws and norms that are based on their behavior, dress, socializing, identity, and community they live in.
2. Policing of Youth is the surveillance and social controlling of youth by law enforcement and those in disciplinary roles.
3. Punitive Discipline of Youth is the punishment of youth which includes detention, out-of-school suspension, incarceration, home arrest, and probation.

These three steps need to be eliminated in the juvenile justice system, which is the prison part of the school-to-prison pipeline.

SPONSORS – JOIN THE MOVEMENT

It is FREE to be a sponsor. Just send a message to Chelsie Acosta chelsieacosta@hotmail.com saying you want to organize an event and be a sponsor, and of course tell us the name of the group. You can send details of the event later.

1. Save the Kids
2. Poetry Behind the Walls
3. Arissa Media Group
4. Institute for Critical Animal Studies
5. Utah Criminology Student Association
6. Wisdom Behind the Walls
7. Utah Reintegration Project
8. FourLifers Inc
9. Academy for Peace Education
10. Critical Animal Studies Society
11. Critical Animal Studies Academy
12. Peace Studies Journal
13. Lowrider Studies Journal
14. Transformative Justice Journal
15. Critical Urban Education Journal
16. Green Theory and Praxis Journal
17. Radical Animal Studies and Total Liberation Book Series
18. Critical Animal Studies and Theory Book Series
19. Institute for Hip Hop Activism
20. International Hip Hop Studies Association
21. Utah Alternatives to Violence Project
22. Lowrider Studies Book Series
23. Public Picnic and Pioneer Park

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