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A Special Announcement from Arkansans Against School Paddling To our supporters: Today is the big day! Our official website is *LIVE* and awaiting your visit!
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This summer, we're helping followers "start the conversation!"🗨️ Administrators shouldn’t be beating students into submission. They should be modeling behaviors that promote healthy attitudes toward oneself and others. #LetsTalkAboutIt https://t.co/KEUoBrT0bS
Read MoreYolanda, one of our *amazing* board members, was featured in the recent New York Times article "For Many Women, Roe Was About More Than Abortion. It Was About Freedom" "There's really no safe place, if we're being honest, for women." ~@prntgdcolonized
Read MoreA great piece by our friend Maile at Lives in the Balance (@LITB_). "The nation’s most vulnerable students disproportionately carry the burden of these ineffective and traumatizing practices."
Read MoreToo many us know too little about our own thinking. How do we change that? Join us: https://t.co/aiI2vhRzvE
Read More@ianawren That is a heartbreaking story—for so many reasons.
Read MoreAnd we told the delegates, “This is not about parental preference—this is about public interest.” We asked, “By sustaining this practice, which communities are we not serving? And how is that affecting Arkansas’s future?” We’re so grateful for their support! (6/6)
Read MoreWe arrived at this fact. (4/x) https://t.co/RkCCLAb9yD
Read MoreWe highlighted a number of districts’ statistics. (3/x) https://t.co/igLX8fIk4K
Read MoreIn our presentation, we included information about the disparities in paddlings administered PER DISTRICT as broken down by race. (2/x) https://t.co/IU3hT2RiUB
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