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Toby Earl Johnson Letter 4-26-2017

June 16, 2017

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Charles (Sims) Africa

June 14, 2017

Dear Anthony Nocella, Thanks for the information. Great work you all are doing! Please keep me posted on Save The Kids. I’d like to send you something I wrote titled: The University of Prison. Not for any publishing or anything – just something to share – I have a lot of ideas and writings…
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Agave Milk Byron Shane April 2017

June 7, 2017

Agave Milk I am the blind Rebel My old rifle is rusty yet paid for. I am the blind Rebel My Pulque is thick, sour and strong! For this revolution I Fight and feel righteous, never wrong. I sip the honey of this Land, fermenting her in my soul. Shade of the Agave…
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Hip Hop Against Incarcerating Youth May 20 Twin Cities

May 18, 2017

In conjunction with the 2017 National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth (Save the Kids), the Twin Cities Youth Prison Blockade will be hosting a free block party in South Minneapolis. Come get your fill of local hip-hop, spoken word and storytelling, as we carve out a vision for a world where we support and…
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Have fun with Youth May 18, 2017 Durango, Colorado 4pm to 6pm

May 18, 2017

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Activist Interview – Alisha Page

April 12, 2017

Alisha is a member of Save the Kids and was interviewed on April 11th, 2017. When did you get involved in activism around dismantling the school to prison pipeline? I originally got involved in prison advocacy. My brother who was wrongfully convicted, is very active in bettering prison culture through increasing education possibilities, tutoring…
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2017 3rd Annual International Hip Hop Activism Conference

April 12, 2017

Facebook Event Page #2017HipHopActivismConference _________________________________________________________________________ SCHEDULE PDF of Conference Schedule _______________________________ 9:30am – Welcoming Torie Weiston-Serdan Founder and Executive Director, Youth Mentoring Action Network and Anthony J. Nocella II, National Co-Coordinator, Save the Kids and Assistant Professor, Fort Lewis College _______________________________ 10am – Session One Workshop Session Chair – Blue vs. Black Lives, Time to…
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Hip Hop Against Sexual Assault Performance Wake Self & Masta Ace

April 5, 2017

Hip Hop Against Sexual Assault and Performance by Masta Ace & Wake Self 7pm to 9pm Valicito Room, Student Union Fort Lewis College Durango, Colorado With performance by Wake Self and Masta Ace after lecture. Free and Open to the Public _____________________ Introductions by – Hosted by – Presenters/Performers Torie Weiston-Serdan is a scholar and…
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Letter from Trevor Brown

March 29, 2017

Mari Anderson, Thank you so much for taking the time to inscribe a few words for me. I always find it so inspiring to hear from people like you at Fort Lewis College with Save the Kids. Not to mention that I am always deeply humbled as well. Your stories are so powerful to…
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Educating For Action – Book Review

March 20, 2017

Educating For Action: Strategies to Ignite Social Change By Jason Del Gandio and Anthony J. Nocella II Foreword: Reading Peace Education – Joy James The foreword lays out what topics the book will be touching on such as painful injustices, seismic shifts, activism, confrontation, negotiation, sacrifice, and other topics that expand our ability to pursue…
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March 5 – Trial Set For Anthony Nocella, Fort Lewis College

March 5, 2017

Anthony Nocella has a trial set on April 12th at 10:30am at the Durango Municipal Court. Anthony is being tried for the organization of a Trump protest in January. Anthony did not participate in any of the organization. Durango Municipal Court, reserved for minor infractions, rarely sees a crowd such as the one that showed up…
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March 3rd – La Plata County Courthouse Rally

March 5, 2017

This past friday, March 3rd, a few of our members of the Save the Kids Durango chapter rallied at the La Plata County Courthouse to spread awareness of the school-to-prison pipeline as well as promote alternatives to youth incarceration. The rally was covered by a writer at the Durango Herald. Click here to read the article……
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Feb. 21 -State Sen. wants parents to have access to investigations into school police

February 21, 2017

Laura Gutierrez has been trying to get public records from Albuquerque Public Schools for more than a year. In 2014 a school law enforcement officer allegedly used force against her autistic son. APS opened an investigation and soon cleared the officer of any wrongdoing. Gutierrez wants to see all the documents from this investigation. In…
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Feb. 21 – SB397

February 21, 2017

https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=397&year=17 Santa Fe, NM – Tomorrow, Senator Linda Lopez will join community members, advocates, and social workers for a press conference to discuss Senate Bill 397 which is aimed at curbing the “school-to-prison pipeline,” the trend has seen children funneled out of public schools and into the criminal justice system. The legislation would provide education…
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Gender Injustice

February 19, 2017

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