School Board Elections Toolkit.
School boards – the most local and easily accessible form of government – have become sites of intense political and cultural debate where communities are waging battles! Although today’s heated school board activities are not unlike patterns seen in the past, the activism of Black and brown youth provide hope for what seems to be endless culture wars. Youth organizations, like Leaders Igniting Transformation Action Fund (LIT AF) and Latinos Unidos Siempre (LUS), are prime examples of the possibility of liberatory wins when our communities participate in their school board elections.
In 2019, LIT AF decided to educate the community and escalate their school board participation—galvanizing voters to approve a referendum that infused $87 million into Milwaukee Public Schools! For years, Latinos Unidos Siempre (LUS) has employed a combination of protests, marches, and direct actions to uplift their call for police-free schools. Ultimately, LUS won an end to the Student Resource Officer (SRO) contract in Salem-Keizer Public Schools in 2021. You don’t have to wait for change! Young people, parents, educators, and communities are now empowered to create police-free schools and liberatory education environments with the new School Board Elections Toolkit.
Join our training to learn more about how to engage in school board elections. Register here.