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Only Young Once: Alabama’s Overreliance on School Pushout and For-Profit Youth Incarceration

[2024] This report details how a narrative of youth crime contributes to overly punitive school discipline, racial disparities, and an expensive youth legal system that is not designed for rehabilitation.

September 12, 2024

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Only Young Once: The Case for Mississippi’s Investment in Youth Decarceration

[2023] This report illustrates how Mississippi’s approach to youth justice is built on debunked notions of Black criminality, and offers a more humane alternative.

September 12, 2024

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Only Young Once: The Urgent Need for Reform of Louisiana’s Youth Justice System

[2023] This report explores how perceptions of Black youth in Louisiana’s school and juvenile justice systems contribute to an overreliance on punitive measures, leading to stark racial disparities.

September 12, 2024

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Growing Together: Building a Just Future

When we cultivate the values of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) in young children, we create steppingstones toward resisting hate and strengthening democracy. Growing Together: For Children and Families is LFJ’s new series, with learning activities, stories and book recommendations for children.

Exploring Identity and Commonalities
Celebrating African and Indigenous Cultures
Connecting With Literature

September 2, 2024

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Liberation Lit

These LFJ book reviews for adult readers encourage us all to keep reading and learning together for liberation.

August 28, 2024

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Learning from the Civil Rights Movement: The 1963 March on Washington

This critical election year, remember that the right to vote was achieved through the struggles, risks and sacrifices of ordinary people. Learn from our history, vote and help to mobilize others in your community.

The 1963 March on Washington
Learning from the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement: 10 Key Concepts

August 27, 2024

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The 1963 March on Washington

Contextualizing the 1963 March on Washington and the complex history of the struggle associated with it is important as we make connections to the ongoing movement for equality and justice.

August 26, 2024

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The Civil Rights Movement: 10 Key Concepts

These 10 key concepts and main points encourage us to think critically about the complexities of history as we learn about and from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s.

August 24, 2024

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The Learning Center

The Learning Center is LFJ’s online popular education space, offering learning for civic and political action to build an inclusive, multiracial democracy.

August 21, 2024

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Youth Learning For Justice

Learning journeys and resources for teens and young adults to learn honest history, understand servant leadership and take steps toward entry into the movement for justice.

August 19, 2024

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