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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 5h
We’re releasing an update to our Protecting Immigrant Student Action Kit — a free, field-tested playbook for keeping ICE out of schools built from 18 months of what communities actually lived through and won. Download today for tools that we know work to keep immigrant students safe.
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Protecting Immigrant Students Action Kit 2.0 - Advancement Project
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 29/09/2026
Join us tomorrow, September 30 at 12:30 PM ET for a discussion about abolition and what it means to invest in healing, self-determination, and the conditions for all people to thrive. Register now 👇🏾
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We Believe That We Will Win - Advancement Project
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 28/09/2026
We hope you’ll join us for a moment to reflect on last year’s achievements while imagining what the future could look like if we are brave and bold enough to fight for it – together.
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2025 Impact Report - Advancement Project
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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
1/ STOP TAKING OUR CHILDREN! New data shows ICE is holding 1,900 unaccompanied children hostage in prison-like shelters & the foster system. @advancementproject.org @nokidsinprison.bsky.social bit.ly/children-ICE...
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Revealed: attorneys rally to free children held in US immigration custody
Trump administration has indefinitely stranded hundreds of kids and lawyers from over 50 organizations are fighting for their release
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 24/09/2026
Join us for a timely discussion on abolition as we explore what real alternatives to punishment look like and what it will take for governments and institutions to invest in our communities differently. 📆 Wednesday, Sept 30 🕧 12:30 PM ET RSVP today: bit.ly/we-believe-250
We Believe That We Will Win

Wed, Sept 30, 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT

Join us for a discussion on abolition and what it means to invest in healing, self-determination, and the conditions for all people to thrive.

With Carmen Daugherty, Advancement Project; Amara C. Enyia, Movement for Black Lives; Janvieve Williams Comrie, AfroResistance; Marbré Stahly-Butts, CUNY Law School

Register: bit.ly/we-believe-250
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votolatino.bsky.social @votolatino.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We’re one month out from the midterms. Join Citizens In Action on Oct 7 for a conversation with organizers and advocates working across election protection, immigrant advocacy, and democracy defense! 🕚 11am PT | 2pm ET Register: CitizensInAction.us
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 21/09/2026
Every child deserves well-resourced, nurturing schools where students have self-determination, power, and dignity.
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 21/09/2026
We’re prepared to keep our people safe at the polls and protect free and fair elections where every vote counts.
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Cops won’t fight federal election interference—so citizens will have to
How democracy protection groups are preparing for Trump's worst.
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 17/09/2026
Today, we're excited for @carmen.advancementproject.org to step into the role of Executive Director with a bold vision for building the future, not just in moments of crisis but in the everyday, difficult work of building power. “Let’s build the world we’re all dreaming toward, together.”
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Movement For Black Lives @mvmnt4blklives.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Our ancestors were counted as property before they were counted as voters. Every protection we've fought for has been rolled back and won again by us organizing together. Today on National Voter Registration Day, take two minutes to register, or check that you're still on the rolls. m4bl.link/VOTE
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Asian Law Caucus @asianlawcaucus.org · 15/09/2026
Happy #NationalVoterRegistrationDay! Take 30 seconds to check your voter status and register today – it’s the very first step to a fair and inclusive democracy. 🔗Learn more at: citizensinaction.us @votolatino.bsky.social #NVRD #CAVotes #Election2026
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 08/09/2026
“There are more of us who care about fair and free accessible elections than those who want to suppress our vote, so we have to show up in numbers.” - @carmen.advancementproject.org
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Voting Rights Groups Are Preparing to Confront ICE at the Polls
Trusted figures such as firefighters and clergy will protect Black, Latino, and Asian precincts that could be targets.
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Ben & Jerry’s @benandjerrys.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ICE agents don't make our schools or communities safer. They make kids, parents, and teachers live every school day in fear and unable to access the services they need. Take action now to demand accountability for ICE now: benjerrys.co/4x3xOPq
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 24/08/2026
As students head back to school, they're doing so under the weight of multiple threats—ICE enforcement near schools, a national school closure crisis, and the fight for police-free schools. We have the resources you need to get organized, fight back, and defend every child's right to learn.
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Back to School Resource Guide - Advancement Project
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 20/08/2026
Less than a year after young people organized mass school walkouts to protest immigration enforcement, the Department of Education is encouraging schools to return to zero-tolerance policies and exclusionary discipline that would suppress student speech and exclude marginalized students from school.
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Advancement Project Rejects Dept. Of Ed’s Letter on School Discipline Policies - Advancement Project
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Adaku Onyeka-Crawford @adaku.advancementproject.org · 18/08/2026
Shout out to @publicnewsservice.bsky.social for covering our PA complaint challenging Pittsburgh's racist school closure plan. State civil rights enforcement matters much more as McMahon's Dep't of Ed ignores/encourages racial discrimination in schools app.publicnewsservice.org/story/pa-civ...
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PA civil rights complaint alleges school closures harm Black students
Pittsburgh Public Schools are facing a civil rights complaint alleging district school closures discriminate against Black students and violate the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.The board's May 27 ...
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 13/08/2026
Today we filed an appeal on behalf of Amanda Wallace, a Durham activist protesting family separation who was silenced with a no-contact order issued under the North Carolina Workplace Violence Prevention Act. This appeal was filed with the @movfamilypower.bsky.social and @aclunc.bsky.social.
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 11/08/2026
Know your rights, know your power! With the increased presence of law enforcement in DC, Black and brown youth face heightened risks of surveillance, criminalization, and police interactions. Here are five safety tips for keeping DC's young people safe during federal occupation:
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today marks one year of Trump's occupation of DC. Contrary to Trump’s lies, this occupation not making DC safer or more beautiful. It is hurting families, children, workers here, and more. Yet every time this regime has attacked DC, we have grown stronger. This morning we will tell that story.
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 11/08/2026
One year into the federal occupation of DC, the facts are clear: this was never about safety. It was about control and the criminalization of Black and brown communities.
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 10/08/2026
"We deserve a D.C. that is free from surveillance, free from policing, and free from the millions of dollars that people are wasting on these things and these troops to be invested in the people." - Loreal Hawk, Staff Attorney
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One Year Later, the Federal Surge Still a Tool of Racist Prosecution
A Black August rally highlights allegations of federalized policing and unethical prosecutions in D.C. following a year of heightened enforcement.
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 10/08/2026
As families prepare to head back to school, join us for a virtual press briefing to hear directly from experts and advocates about escalating threats to Black and brown students nationwide. 📆 Thurs, August 13 🕐 1 PM ET 📍 Zoom
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RSVP: The State of Black and Brown Education
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 30/07/2026
We are in a national school closure crisis. But school closures aren’t inevitable — and they aren’t a solution to budget deficits. School districts should listen to communities calling for real investments in education and actual solutions to the fiscal issues they face. Read more: wapo.st/4pJwTkU
Letter to the Editor

The Washington Post

How to respond to shrinking enrollment

Regarding July 21 front-page article "Shrinking student pools put public schools at risk" :

Jessica Alcantara, Washington

The writer is an attorney at Advancement Project
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 28/07/2026
This Thursday — Join us for an important conversation on current threats to our right to dissent and build power with our movement partners at @ccrjustice.org, @dreamdefenders.bsky.social, and GSA Network. 📆 July 30 🕑 2pm ET / 11am PT 📍 Zoom
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Beyond 250: We Build Power - Advancement Project
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 27/07/2026
With so many threats jeopardizing our rights to dissent, organize, and build power, it's critical that we fight for a people-powered democracy where everyone can thrive. Join us in building another world, one beyond punishment and control, at the polls, in the streets, and in our communities.
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Pledge to Fight for a People-Powered Democracy
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 22/07/2026
How do we build power in the face of an escalating authoritarian attack on our First Amendment rights? Join us Thursday, July 30 at 2pm ET as we break down how dissent keeps democracy alive with @ccrjustice.org, @dreamdefenders.bsky.social, and GSA Network.
We Build Power

Thursday, July 30, 2pm ET / 11am PT

Join us for a timely conversation on the right to protest as a necessary practice of collective survival and how ongoing threats jeopardizing our right to dissent are connected to the same fight for power ahead of the midterm elections.

Carmen Daugherty, Advancement Project; Vince Warren, Center for Constitutional Rights; Gia Loving, GSA Network; Nailah Summers-Polite, Dream Defenders
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 16/07/2026
Is your district showing signs that it might be closing your school? Has it slated your school for possible closure or is studying the possibility of closing your school? We have the tools you need to get organized and fight back.
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Stop Closing Public Schools - Advancement Project
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 15/07/2026
Catch our team on CBS Pittsburgh discussing the fight to protect Black students in Pittsburgh Public Schools with @412justice.org   The district’s vote to close 12 schools disproportionately affects Black students who make up 62% of students affected by the closures—that’s not an accident.
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 14/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero should be alive today. We honor the lives stolen by the militarized ICE enforcement, and we are in solidarity with communities nationwide calling for ICE to be removed from our communities and eliminated altogether.
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ICE Killed Two Men in One Week: This Deadly Pattern Demands Urgent Change - Advancement Project
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 14/07/2026
What happens when communities refuse to accept school closures as inevitable? Pittsburgh families are showing us. ✊🏾 Neighborhood schools are worth fighting for. Read how @advancementproject.org is fighting back with @412justice.org! advancementproject.org/perspective/...
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The People vs. School Closures: Pittsburgh - Advancement Project
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 14/07/2026
Today, on behalf of five Black Pittsburgh Public School students, we filed a civil rights complaint alongside @412justice.org with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission challenging a recent vote to close twelve schools and displace 6,000 students, predominantly in Black neighborhoods.
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New Civil Rights Complaint Alleges Pittsburgh School Closures Plan Discriminates Against Black Students - Advancement Project
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 13/07/2026
We are in a national school closures crisis. While this crisis is fueled by profit-motivated billionaires seeking to control, corporatize, police, and close schools in Black and Latine communities, it would not be possible without the complicity of local policymakers approving mass closure plans.
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Why are School Boards Closing Our Schools? - Advancement Project
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 09/07/2026
Throughout the history of the U.S., police violence and anti-Blackness have always been a threat to the safety and dignity of young Black people. We stand in solidarity with the families of Kohen Wiley, Nolan Wells, and Tyrin Johson as they demand justice with full transparency and accountability.
Protect Black Lives
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 09/07/2026
Today marks 158 years since the 14th Amendment was ratified. On this anniversary, we are reminded that our citizenship has never been something granted freely or easily; these rights were won through struggle, sacrifice, and collective action.
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The 14th Amendment’s Promise of Belonging Is One We Must Continue to Fight For - Advancement Project
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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Black organizers have a renewed focus on state Voting Rights Acts, youth-led movements, and grassroots organizing to keep the country from further chipping away at voting rights. bit.ly/4f5F1aD
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Black Organizers Are Preparing for a New Era of Voting Rights Battles
While no single strategy will be a silver bullet, there’s been renewed focus on state Voting Rights Acts, youth-led movements, and grassroots organizing.
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 30/06/2026
Today, the Supreme Court protected a constitutional right that has stood for more than 150 years – if you are born in the United States, you are a citizen. This decision is a victory for the millions of families who have been directly targeted by this administration’s assault on citizenship.
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 29/06/2026
In a major win for voters and our democracy, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received after Election Day can still be counted.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/06/2026
BREAKING: In a huge win for voters across the country, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold grace periods for mail ballots. States CAN count ballots postmarked by Election Day but received after Election Day.
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“The right to resist is not a luxury granted by the powerful; it is a necessary practice of collective survival.” Teach the history of the fight for queer liberation: www.zinnedproject.org/materials/te...
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Teaching the Fight for Queer Liberation
Teaching Activity. By Nick Palazzolo. Rethinking Schools. 2025. 74 pages. A dilemma-based, problem-solving lesson on the history of the fight for queer liberation in the United States.
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 24/06/2026
Stonewall was not polite. It was not convenient. It was not approved in advance by institutions that had already failed the people in the streets. It was resistance born from survival. As we celebrate Pride, we're reminded Pride and protest have never been separate — and they never will be.
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There’s No Pride Without Protest: What Stonewall Still Demands of Us - Advancement Project
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Local Solutions Support Center @thelssc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
What does it mean to celebrate Juneteenth as many Southern state legislatures work to revive the Confederacy by suffocating local democracy & targeting municipalities governed by Black people? Read this by @advancementproject.org on the legacy of Juneteenth: www.supportdemocracy.org/the-latest/j...
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 17/06/2026
On June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in Texas were finally freed, emancipation was fully realized across the nation. As we celebrate Juneteenth, let us honor the resilience and accomplishments of our ancestors as we fight for the freedom to govern ourselves.
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Celebrating Juneteenth in the Modern Era of Preemption - Advancement Project
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The DC Election Protection Coalition had more than 200 trained, non-partisan volunteers at Election Day Vote Centers across DC today, to make sure every voter could participate fully and safely in today's election. Here's how it went.
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DC primary election takes place smoothly despite escalating military presence — Free DC
200+ nonpartisan volunteers, Election Protection hotline, and rapid response command center protected rights of DC voters
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 16/06/2026
Join our first Beyond 250 webinar tomorrow, June 17 at 10am ET where we’ll come together with @nilc.org, @asianlawcaucus.org, and Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) to discuss citizenship, belonging, and the 14th Amendment. RSVP today 👇🏾
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Beyond 250: We Belong - Advancement Project
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 16/06/2026
The promise of a multiracial democracy where every voice matters has never been fully realized in the United States. As we approach the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it’s time to put power back in the hands of the people and build the country we were promised.
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Beyond 250: We Belong, We Build Power, We Believe That We Will Win
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 16/06/2026
The FBI raids on Ohio voting rights organizations and staff are a deliberate attack to keep us from voting — and to keep our votes from counting, in order to control the outcomes of our elections. #HandsOffOhio
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HANDS OFF OHIO!
Federal agents raided offices connected to the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a leading Ohio voting rights organization. Learn what happened, why it matters, and how you can stand up for democracy and...
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It’s Election Day, DC! A few pro tips for today 🧵 1. Election Day Vote Centers are open from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM today. You may cast your ballot at any center. Dropboxes are also open until 8:00 PM, and if you are not yet registered to vote, you can register to vote at the polls today.
A sandwich board in the bright sunshine outside a polling location. The sign reads “vote here, vote aquí, DC Board of Elections”
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
DC, we have the right to vote free from intimidation. That includes the presence of police, federal agents, or soldiers near our polling locations. If you see them at or near voting locations, document what you see and then call or text 866-OUR-VOTE to report it.
A photo of two National Guard members walking away from the camera. Text reads: "June 15, 2026. DC Voters, The National Guard is required to stay 50 feet away from polling locations and dropboxes. Have questions, need support, or witness potential election interference? Film and then call or text 866-OUR-VOTE"
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 12/06/2026
From mass walkouts to demonstrations at proms and graduations, students are organized and fighting back against authoritarianism. Whether you’re a parent, educator, school leader, or community member, you can do your part to protect students speaking out against injustice.
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Student Voices Matter: Protect Free Speech at School
School leaders must stand with students who are organizing and participating in school walkouts demanding an end to the violence of ICE.
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 11/06/2026
June 15 marks the 44th anniversary of Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court decision that protects the right of all children to access public education—regardless of immigration status. The work to fulfill the promise of Plyler continues today as students fight for mental health support in schools.
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44 Years after Plyler v. Doe, The Right to a Free Public Education Demands Liberatory Mental Health in Schools - Advancement Project
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