CCUE hosted a critical conversation about how negative stereotypes and racialized gender bias specific to Black girls contribute to their overrepresentation among school discipline and in systems of confinement. Through the lens of intersectionality, Dr. Monique Morris, Founder and President of the National Black Women's Justice Institute, and author of Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, shared what she has learned about the lived experiences of Black girls in schools. Dr. Morris’ keynote was followed by an assets-based, solution-focused panel discussion among local community members, educators, and lawyers on our role in the protection of the future of Black girls in Philadelphia and beyond.

PANELISTS

• Deborah Gordon Klehr
  Executive Director, Education Law Center
• Nakisha Lewis
  Director, Civil, Human and Women's Rights, AFL-CIO
• Karyn T. Lynch
  Chief of Student Support Services, School District of Philadelphia
• Julien A. Terrell
  Executive Director, Philadelphia Student Union
• Cheryl Ann Wadlington
  Founder and Executive Director, Evoluer House

EVENT DETAILS
Registration: 5:00 pm
Event: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103