Press Call Briefing: More Police in Schools Is Not the Solution to Gun Violence

Media 03.16,18

WASHINGTON – On Monday, March 19 at 11:00 a.m. ET, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Advancement Project, National Disability Rights Network, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund will host a telephone press briefing to discuss why current efforts in Congress and by the Trump administration to increase “school security” will not address our gun violence epidemic.

Pumping money into schools for law enforcement, higher “security measures” like metal detectors, and the establishment of a “threat assessment” hotline to report students who may be in crisis are not real solutions to ending gun violence in our country. Civil rights and education experts will discuss how militarizing schools will harm and further criminalize our children, especially children of color and children with disabilities, not make them safer.

RSVP requested to [email protected]

WHAT: Congress and the Trump administration’s approach to school safety is the wrong approach

WHEN: Monday, March 19 at 11:00 a.m. ET

WHO:

  • Kristine Lucius, Executive Vice President for Policy, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director, Advancement Project
  • Curt Decker, Executive Director, National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
  • Todd Cox, Director of Policy, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

DIAL-IN INFORMATION:

Dial-in: 800.894.5910

Conference ID: SAFETY