Do the Harder Work— Create Cultures of Connectedness in Schools: A Youth and Parent Organizer Response to the Federal Commission on School Safety
“In the wake of the Parkland tragedy, our nation witnessed a historic mobilization. Young people across the country turned out in the streets and at the polls in unprecedented numbers to demand truly safe and welcoming schools.1 And yet, the proceedings of the Federal Commission on School Safety, the body appointed after the Valentine’s Day shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School to study the prevention of school-based violence and take action to “harden schools,” included only a handful of youth voices”