Episode 58
Guests: Jewel Patterson, MS; Edgar Ibarria; Nicole Bates, JD
Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW
Jewel Patterson, Edgar Ibarria, and Nicole Bates discuss their organizing work to end the school-to-prison pipeline in California. Representing COPE, CADRE, and C4LL, they explain how criminalization in schools—through vague policies like "willful defiance," surveillance, and policing—disproportionately harms Black and Brown students. The conversation highlights their legal and grassroots strategies, coalition building, and a major victory: defunding $25 million from school police to reinvest in Black student achievement. This episode offers a powerful blueprint for reimagining school safety and building collective power.
In this episode:
- How criminalization functions in schools and its disproportionate impact on Black and Brown students
- The "willful defiance" discipline category and the fight to change it
- Surveillance, metal detectors, and school policing — and organizing to reimagine safety
- The victory of defunding $25 million from school police to reinvest in Black student achievement
- How to build power through coalitions, movement lawyering, and community organizing
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