The Equal Justice Society today joined a coalition of more than 100 grassroots organizations, labor unions, and advocates for reproductive rights, gun violence prevention, the environment, workers’ rights and more is launching United for Democracy (UFD) — a new nationwide campaign to educate Americans about the impact today’s Supreme Court is having on their lives, freedoms, and democracy.
Lawsuit: Black and Disabled Students Suffer Discrimination & Banishment in Antelope Valley
In the Antelope Valley, Black students and students with disabilities are systematically neglected, punished and criminalized under a locally-sanctioned system of discipline that violates state and federal laws and denies them their right to an education. Now those students and their families are suing the Antelope Valley Union High School District (AVUHSD) and asking theContinue reading "Lawsuit: Black and Disabled Students Suffer Discrimination & Banishment in Antelope Valley"
Sacramento City Unified School District Settlement in Race and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Increases Accountability
Sacramento, Calif. -- A group of plaintiffs that includes the Black Parallel School Board and several individual students has reached a settlement agreement with the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) in a lawsuit that challenged the district’s longstanding harmful practices of excluding and segregating students with disabilities, particularly Black students with disabilities. Original ComplaintContinue reading "Sacramento City Unified School District Settlement in Race and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Increases Accountability"