This event will explore the inequities and discrimination Black girls are experiencing in Pittsburgh schools that are too often exacerbated by school policing. Advocates will share pertinent data and information on the policies that unnecessarily push our girls out of the classroom and into the juvenile justice system.
Special Guests
- Emmanazia, Student, Black Girls Advocacy and Leadership Alliance (BGALA)
- Nia, Student, Black Girls Advocacy and Leadership Alliance (BGALA)
- Barakat, Student, Black Girls Advocacy and Leadership Alliance (BGALA)
- Dr. Venus Evans-Winters, Associate Professor, Illinois State University, Author of Teaching Black Girls: Resiliency in Urban Education
Panelists
- Tiffany Sizemore, Youth Advocacy Clinic, Duquesne University
- Dr. Sara Goodkind, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
- Ghadah Makoshi, Community Advocate, ACLU of Pennsylvania
- Kimberly Booth, Assistant Chief Probation Officer, Allegheny County Juvenile Court
- Angel Gober, Western PA Director, One Pennsylvania
