Students will interview greater Austin middle and high school students and their parents, as well as administer a written survey, regarding students’ experiences with school district discipline systems. The goal of this project is to document students’ experiences with school discipline systems in order to better understand and remedy the reality of the school to prison pipeline. Texas Appleseed will use the collected information to develop advocacy and litigation strategies to combat the over-criminalization of minority youth.
Organization
Texas Appleseed
Texas Appleseed is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works for justice for underrepresented Texans. Texas Appleseed’s School to Prison Pipeline Project is working to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline and keep children in school and on track to graduate.
Project Details
- Website
- http://www.texasappleseed.org
- Project Date
Saturday February 27
- Project Time
- 10am-3pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 4 hours, including training session
- Training
- A 45-minute training session will be held on Saturday, February 27 at 10am, at the beginning of the volunteer event
- Skills used
- Client communication/interviewing
- Project location
- Winns Memorial Baptist Church, 605 Madison St., Elgin, TX
- Address
- 1609 Shoal Creek, Suite 201, Austin, TX 78701
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 10
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Experience working with kids a plus but not required. Students who are members of Texas Law minority affinity groups (TMLS, CHLSA, etc.) are encouraged to apply
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu