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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) youtube/watch?v=h3u2kSgpD0Y

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3u2kSgpD0Y. Group 1: Caitlin Fagan Cole Johnson Jaylene Vivatson Alonzoe Acevedo Vince Rodriguz. History . ACLU created between 1919-1920 Established during the Northern Ghetto (1915-1968) Following WW1

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  1. American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3u2kSgpD0Y Group 1: Caitlin Fagan Cole Johnson Jaylene Vivatson Alonzoe Acevedo Vince Rodriguz

  2. History • ACLU created between 1919-1920 • Established during the Northern Ghetto (1915-1968) • Following WW1 • Fear that the Communist Revolution that had taken place in Russia would spread to the United States • Thousands of people without warrants

  3. School-to-Prison Pipeline • Social Issues – Racism & Classism • Racism –Children of color (mainly African Americans) were pushed out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice system • Classism- most of the children had learning disabilities or histories of poverty • Zero-Tolerance Policy- Children that would commit minor infractions would not be handled by the school principals but instead the police would be involved

  4. Your Social Activist Organization • Doing Today • Try to reform Zero-Tolerance Policies so that the students are not set up for failure • President & Members • Susan N. Herman • Elected in 2008 • 890,000 members within entire group • Moment in the 21st century • Hearing of ending School-to-Prison Pipeline • December 12th, 2012 • What is your social activist organization doing today? • Campaign – Defending Targets of Discrimination within the Racial Justice Program November 17th, 2006

  5. Concluding Remarks • Operating Institutional Privilege as a Larger Social Force • Prisoners’ Rights • Constitution, domestic law, and international human right principles • “Incarcerated population, especially among people of color, the mentally ill, and other vulnerable populations; ending cruel, inhuman, and degrading conditions of confinement; increasing public accountability and transparency of jails, prisons, and other places of detention; and expanding prisoners’ freedom of religion, expression, and association” –ACLU

  6. Where is this organization going today? • Currently trying to change laws of Zero-Tolerance Policy • 14 year old Kyle Thompson • Hit-list note • Handcuffed and expelled from all state public schools for a year • Change from imprisoning young students to prioritizing education

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