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Great turnout in Portland for UYJ’s Special Education Warehousing Seminar!

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Last Thursday night’s Urban Youth Justice presentation on Special Education Warehousing of Students of Color was a great success! Thanks to all the Portland Public Schools staff, parents and community advocates that attended.

If you attended and want to access the powerpoint presentation, send a request to: info@urbanyouthjustice.org

We’ll try to notify you asap when the event will be aired on Portland television. We’ll pass along video highlights soon, too.
~Ernest Saadiq Morris – Director, Urban Youth Justice

***CONFIRMED** EVENT: Thurs. Feb 9, 2012 4:30-6:30pm – Portland(Ore.) Public Schools Focus on Diversity Lecture – “Special Education Warehousing: Assigning Students of Color to Separate and Unequal Academic Opportunity, Expectations and Outcomes @BESC Boardroom 501 N. Dixon Street

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***THIS EVENT IS CONFIRMED TO TAKE PLACE AS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED.***

Join Ernest Saadiq Morris for a presentation and community discussion about the disproportionate special education placement of students of color, particularly Black, Latino, and English Language Learners students, that denies them their right to equal educational opportunity. Facilitator: Ernest Saadiq Morris, Director, Urban Youth Justice

“We will find a way. Or make one.” – Hannibal