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CADRE Years in Review: 2010–2012

Twelve Years of Parent Power and the Movement Still Rising What This Report Is and Why It Matters CADRE’s Years in Review: 2010–2012 is the organization’s first bi-annual impact report, a milestone document that steps back from individual campaigns to…
Perfecting Our Union: Human Rights Success Stories from Across the United States

A National Spotlight on How South LA Parents Used Human Rights to Transform School Discipline What This Report Is and Why It Matters In 2010, the U.S. Human Rights Fund published Perfecting Our Union: Human Rights Success Stories from Across…
Centering Human Rights Through Parent Power: A Training Manual for Organizers (2007)

How South LA Parents Claimed Education as a Human Right—and Built the Skills to Demand Accountability What This Report Is and Why It Matters Before policy wins. Before board votes. Before headlines about discipline reform. There was parent education. Centering…
A Parent-Led Victory in the Fight to End Pushout in Los Angeles Schools

How South LA Parents Organized Their Way to a Landmark LAUSD Policy Victory What This Report Is and Why It Matters In 2007, something extraordinary happened in the second largest school district in the United States: South LA parents won.…
We Interrupt This Crisis—with Our Side of the Story: Relationships Between South Los Angeles Parents and Schools (2004)

When South LA Parents Told Their Story to the Schools That Weren’t Listening What This Report Is and Why It Matters In October 2004, CADRE and the Justice Matters Institute (JMI) published We Interrupt This Crisis with Our Side of…