Busting the School-to-Prison Pipeline Forum

The Women's Leadership Project and Young Male Scholars' Program present:

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FACT: The school-to-prison pipeline disproportionately locks up African American and Latino youth, leaving many with criminal records and no possibility of “re-entry” to employment, housing or higher education

FACT: Foster care and homeless youth of color have some of the lowest rates of college transfer and graduation amongst college youth populations

FACT: Black girls are disciplined in greater numbers than Asian, Latino and White boys.  Black girls are suspended/expelled six times more than white girls; while black boys are supended/expelled three times more than white boys.

FACT: LGBTQ youth of color have disproportionately high suspension/expulsion and push-out rates in U.S. public schools