In 2006 SYPP launched the Education Justice Campaign to take on the institutionally racist high stakes exit exam known as the Washington Assessment of Student Learning. Inspired by Sisters in Action for Power in Portland, we put on a critical truth action called the WASL Haunted High with the intention of exposing the truth behind high stakes testing.

Here’s the video created by Pepperspray Productions about the event:

League of Education Voters and Our American Generation are hosting a panel in Kent, WA to discuss the rise of prisons, the rise of school discipline and how communities can challenge this!

Thursday, September 22 from 7 – 9 pm

The event is FREE, please register HERE

This panel will feature speakers from Seattle Young People’s Project, TeamChild, Children and Youth Advocacy Clinic at UW Law and Kent School District Alliance for Diversity and Equity

DIRECTIONS:

From I-5 South: Take exit 154A on the left to merge onto I-405 N toward Renton Take exit 2 to merge onto WA-167 S toward Auburn Take the 84th Ave S/N Central Ave exit toward Kent City Center Turn left onto 84th Ave S Continue onto Central Ave N Turn left onto E Smith St Destination will be on the right From I-5 North: Take exit 149A for WA-516 E toward Kent Turn right onto WA-516 E/S Kent Des Moines Rd Continue to follow WA-516 E Turn left onto Central Ave S Turn right onto E Smith St Destination will be on the right