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Ameena L. Payne (she/her) Profile picture
@ameenalpayne
Jun 27, 2020 • 4 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
(1) At yesterday's @cityofurbana special City Council meeting, I had the opportunity to discuss the SRO program contract w/ the Council & Chief of Police, Bryant Seraphin
(2) We discussed the SRO program associated costs, & how this money should be re-invested into school outreach & programs that work for vulnerable youth(e.g. trauma-informed teaching practices, mental health & well-being support)

#PoliceFreeSchools @il_fps #ProudofU
(3)

Start from 2:18:46 to hear my statement & discussion with the @cityofurbana Council and Chief of Police Bryant Seraphin

#PoliceFreeSchools #ProudofU @geo_uiuc @HerUrbana @ChampaignABLM @PaignToPeace
📢 Your voice is needed to push for change! I've created a separate page on my website & added a sign-up form where I plan to keep those interested up to date; I will only send emails where there is an actionable step you can take:

ameenapayne.com/news/usd-116-s…

#PoliceFreeSchools

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Jul 28, 2022
Most of the feedback literature is dominated by white scholars & they're struggling to understand why there is a lack of "uptake"... yet many seem unwilling to unpack & address white supremacy...
Receiving academic feedback requires a lot of decoding & interpreting, plus responding! but psychological & semantic 'noise' (both from sender & receiver e.g., jargon & abstraction & 'histories'/prior microagressions) can inhibit this 'dialogic cycle'...
Academic 'counterspaces', can operate as optimal psychological environments for feedback - that support students culturally & emotionally...
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Demands for equality has been, increasingly, met with calls for 'law and order' & @cityofurbana & @Urbana116 leaders continue to argue that “positive” interactions between police & youth of color are essential to better community relations.
That is the narrative that @cityofurbana public officials & @Urbana116 Board of Education used to form a partnership between the school district & the Urbana police in 1994 which has now become fully-funded with education dollars in December 2019.
The positive rhetoric surrounding this initiative has normalized a sustained, increasingly invasive, & even hostile police presence in low-income educational institutions.
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Sep 20, 2020
The more I read, the more I am informed & aware of revolutionary struggles, cycles, waves, thrusts and perils, & have recognized well before today that we have entered a global revolutionary cycle...
This one, coinciding with a massive consciousness/ awakening, will be more cataclysmic than any this planet has yet undergone.
We are totally transforming - politically, economically, spiritually, technologically, & "planetarily."
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I recently finished up interviews with @WCIA3 & @wandtvnews regarding the @cityofurbana juvenile arrest data for 2019/2020 & I wanted to post additional thoughts that may not be captured in the released interviews due to time constraints... Image
Please don't center me (be it for praise or otherwise). When this is done, it shifts the focus.
I am not an expert in restorative justice, community action, nor racial equity; there are many experts & they, along w/ the youth, should be front & center - leading the way for change.
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Jul 12, 2020
Are we okay with this?

@ISBEnews @PaignToPeace @ACLUofIL @il_fps @geo_uiuc @4EdJustice @iasa

Hinger, S. (2017). Racial Disparities in Student Arrests Is An Epidemic Affecting Children Nationwide. Retrieved from
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I've confirmed (via FOIA) that @Urbana116 SROs have completed *no training* specific to students nor these demographics. @cityofurbana

@DisabledScholar @ISBEnews @PaignToPeace @ACLUofIL @il_fps @geo_uiuc @4EdJustice @iasa
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#PoliceFreeSchools #RestorativeJustice #RestorativePractice #EdEquityOrElse Image
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Jul 5, 2020
Let's discuss the importance of restorative justice through a critical race lens,@cityofurbana. In 2015, there were 667 total suspensions (in-school and out-of school) at @Urbana116. Of those, 66% were Black students (1)

#RestorativeJustice #RestorativePractice #EdEquityOrElse
The question of safety in schools is not just about preventing extreme forms of violence, fights, or bullying. It is also about shrinking the achievement gap since the way @Urbana116 disciplines its students will either help or hurt academic achievement (2)

#RestorativePractice
“Time spent learning is the single best predictor of positive academic outcomes.” Suspensions and expulsions are time spent out of the classroom (3)

@PaignToPeace @CU_Indivisible @ACLUofIL @il_fps
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