Aissa Dearing (she/they), a senior honors history and environmental science major at Howard University, is the recipient of a 2022 Marshall Scholarship, making her the fourth Marshall Scholar in the university’s history.
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New Youth-Led Campaign Wants Cops Out of Durham Schools
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At the heart of the effort is the activistsâ call for the removal of sheriffâs deputies who work as school resource officers (or SROs), at Durhamâs 17 public schools. The new #LiberateToEducate campaign is the latest phase of youth-fueled activism calling for cops off campuses. It kicks off with a virtual town hall at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
The initiative is being organized by the student-led Youth Justice Project of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.
The youth activists describe their campaign as a âcoordinated effort to end the school-to-prison pipeline and achieve educational justice in Durham Public School (DPS) System,â according to a press release. âThis campaign envisions a future in which students of color attend schools that lift them, not pat them down and where governmental initiatives invest in their future, not their incarceration.â