{"id":797,"date":"2016-01-25T02:59:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T02:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cadre-la.org\/newhome\/?page_id=797"},"modified":"2018-03-30T06:19:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T06:19:03","slug":"campaigns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cadre-la.org\/newhome\/campaigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #993300;\">Community Organizing Around Human Rights<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have chosen to advance systemic social change and organize for the long haul to end the school-to-prison pipeline and pushout in South LA and communities like it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cornerstone to this level of change is a parent-led movement with community-based social justice organizations that bring parents into the foreground of the public education debate. This is essential to making sure that the leadership of ending the school-to-prison pipeline is shared with those most impacted by an unequal education system that has spanned generations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since June 2005, we have combined our community organizing approach with a human rights framework. We use international human rights standards as the basis by which we analyze conditions in our schools and communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The definitions embodied in international human rights standards raise the bar of what we demand from our public education system and reflect more closely what our founding parents expect and deserve from schools:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black and Brown South LA children AND parents are treated with dignity and respect in the school climate and the educational process, and as a result are able to affirm their self-worth and inclusion in the school community <\/span><b>(the right to dignity)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South LA schools resist the impulse to push out and instead intentionally keep Black and Brown students in the educational environment, address root causes to their learning barriers, and prevent and repair any harm being done to them as a result of the school climate, so that they are able to pursue their opportunities to learn \u00a0<\/span><b>(the right to education)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South LA Black and Brown parents participate and share in decision-making, monitor and hold schools accountable, and are able to communicate honestly, all without backlash to them or their children, so that they are fully included in the school community regardless of their circumstances <\/span><b>(the right to participation)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The integration of human rights led to a clearer vision of the type of parent power CADRE is working towards \u2013 Black and Brown parents who are able to protect and promote the South LA community\u2019s dignity, opportunity to learn, solidarity, and self-determination.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information about the human rights standards used in CADRE\u2019s campaigns, <a href=\"http:\/\/cadre-la.org\/newhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CADRE_NESRI-HR-Training-Manual-Final-Apr-07.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">click here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>To keep our eyes on the prize, everything we do falls under and is considered part of our <\/b><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><b><i>Human Right to Education Campaign<\/i><\/b><\/span><b>,<\/b><b> our core program and overarching campaign. \u00a0Under this umbrella, we have identified one long-term goal which we pursue in two to three-year phases and expect to be working towards for the foreseeable future until community conditions for South LA Black and Brown families are dramatically changed. <\/b><\/font>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Objective\/Demand (as of 2017-18): \u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><b><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Decriminalize Our Schools | Healthy School Climates<\/span> &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full implementation of LAUSD\u2019s \u201c<\/span><\/i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publiccounsel.org\/tools\/assets\/files\/2013-School-Climate-Bill-of-Rights-Policy-FINAL.pdf\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School Discipline and School Climate Bill of Rights<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d resolution and \u201c<\/span><\/i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadre-la.org\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/LAUSD-Discipline-Foundation-Policy-SWPBS-BUL-3638.0-March-2007.pdf\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Discipline Foundation Policy<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, with proactive discipline, effective alternatives to classroom\/school removals, integrated parent participation, and consistent monitoring practiced at all schools<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>To get there we must:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">End discipline disparities<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by race, gender, and grade-level<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humanize parents &amp; parenting<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by confronting\/refusing negative biases of parents<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make basic parent rights real<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and allow parent voice to be authentic and central to the school\u2019s problem-solving<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live up to the parent inclusion mandate<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of SWPBIS and most school policies, and make sure <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">both <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black and Brown parents are part of school teams<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Redesign South LA school culture<\/i> so that parents can be leaders in driving implementation of school climate policies<\/li>\n<p><\/font><\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #993300;\">NEW Objective\/Demand (as of 2017-18):<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><b>Disrupt the Literacy Crisis in South LA | Enforce the Right to Literacy<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ella T. vs. State of California<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>To get there we must:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hold the State of California Superintendent of Public Instruction, Board of Education, and Department of Education accountable for fulfilling its own promise to provide resources and training to support schools with the lowest literacy levels<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure that literacy instruction is culturally respectful and relevant<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Close literacy disparities by race, gender, and grade-level<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Include parents in early identification of literacy challenges, development of personalized intervention plans with evidence-based strategies, and ongoing monitoring of progress &#8211; both at the individual level and the school level<\/span><\/li>\n<p><\/font><\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Community Organizing Around Human Rights We have chosen to advance systemic social change and organize for the long haul to end the school-to-prison pipeline and pushout in South LA and communities like it. 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