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National Save The Kids Coordinator Makes News on Scholarship and Activism

February 10, 2017

Dr Anthony Nocella is a professor at Fort Lewis College who reached sociology, criminology, gender & women’s studies, and peace & conflict studies. Most recently he has been organizing rallies on and off campus focused on sexual assault, people with disabilities, and the Black Lives Matter Movement as well as environmental causes. The Durango Herald,…
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Feb. 1 – Free Screening of 13th at Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO

January 25, 2017

Free Screening of 13th the movie at Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado on February 1, 2017. The public and all are welcome to the screening in room Jones Hall 144 at 7pm to 8:45pm. Please come on time as the room is small. 13th is a thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists and politicians analyze the criminalization…
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2017 2nd Annual Transformative Justice, Prison Abolition, and Anarchist Criminology Conference

January 5, 2017

2017 2nd Annual Transformative Justice, Prison Abolition and Anarchist Criminology Conference March 25 and 26, 2017 Senate Chambers, Student Union Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, USA Free and Open to the Public _________________________________________________ SCHEDULE March 25, 2017 – Saturday Every presentation presented by each individual should be approximately 15 to 20 minutes long. 10:00am to…
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Durango Brother Ali Talk and Concert Tabling

December 19, 2016

Durango Save the Kids on December 16, 2016 sponsored a talk by Brother Ali at Fort Lewis College, which the Sociology Club and the Department of Sociology at Fort Lewis College hosted. The talk by Brother Ali, while the last day of the semester, snow coming down, with the dorms all closed was a packed…
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Durango, CO – Talk by Brother Ali on Hip Hop and the School to Prison Pipeline Dec 16, 2016

December 14, 2016

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Oct 20, 2016 End School Pushout in Durango, Colorado

November 6, 2016

Community members, students, and teachers came out and organized a rally in front of Durango High School with a graduate rate of about 75% according to Durango Herald to end SROs in Durango High School because they are obviously not needed and to replace them with counselors. Durango High School also needs to do much…
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Sept 25, 2016 – Rally and March/Roll for Standing Rock – Durango, Colorado

September 24, 2016

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1073815166000151/ ____________________
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May 19 Panel and Film Discussion on the School to Prison Pipeline at Fort Lewis College

May 22, 2016

On Malcolm X’s birthday with a cake and drinks on May 19 there was a Panel and Film Discussion on the School to Prison Pipeline at Fort Lewis College.
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May 16 Fort Lewis College Students Promote Alternatives to Youth Incarceration

May 19, 2016

May 16 Fort Lewis College Students Promote Alternatives to Youth Incarceration.
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May 17 2016 – Projecting Downtown Durango, Colorado

May 19, 2016

May 17 2016 – Projecting Downtown Durango, Colorado.
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Durango May 15 No Youth In Prison Protest

May 16, 2016

On Sunday May 15, 2016 Durango Save the Kids along with students at Fort Lewis College organized a rally to promote alternatives to incarceration of youth. The banners were on each corner of the street and read “End Racism,” “Education Not Incarceration,” “End Zero Tolerance,” and “No Youth In Prison.” On
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Durango Gears up for #NWAAIY2016

May 11, 2016

On May 6, 2016 at Fort Lewis College, Durango Save the Kids and Durango Hip Hop organized a Hip Hop Show to promote the National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth #NWAAIY2016 #NoYouthInPrison2016.
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Durango Save the Kids on February 26, 2016 Organized a Vigil with Fort Lewis College Students for Trayvon Martin

March 10, 2016

Durango Save the Kids on February 26, 2016 Organized a Vigil with Fort Lewis College Students for Trayvon Martin. Click here for media coverage of the event.
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Protest Confederate Flag Ride by Durango Save the Kids on March 5, 2016

March 10, 2016

Over eighty people organized with a number of organizations including Durango Save the Kids to protest against a ride with confederate flags from Durango, Colorado to Pagosa, Colorado on March 5, 2016. Durango Herald covered the protest click here for the report.
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Confront white supremacy, racism, and hate in Durango and Pagosa

March 5, 2016

ACTION ALERT! SOLIDARITY NEEDED! Join us to confront and stop the Confederate flag ride planned Saturday from Durango, Colorado to Pagosa Springs, Colorado! (www.durangoherald.com/article/20160303/NEWS01/160309857/Confederate-flag-ride-planned-Saturday-from-Durango-to-Pagosa-Springs) We’re calling on anti-racists, social justice activists, anti-fascists, and wonderful people for inclusion everywhere to converge on Durango, Colorado THIS SATURDAY to disrupt and put a stop to this event. Durango…
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