1.0Advancement Projecthttps://advancementproject.orgMaya Boddiehttps://advancementproject.org/author/mayaboddie/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://advancementproject.org/resources/letter-to-d-c-school-board-policefreeschools-necessary-to-protect-black-and-brown-children/">Letter to D.C. Mayor Bowser and City Council Supporting Black Youth in Their Call For #PoliceFreeSchools</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://advancementproject.org/resources/letter-to-d-c-school-board-policefreeschools-necessary-to-protect-black-and-brown-children/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Letter to D.C. Mayor Bowser and City Council Supporting Black Youth in Their Call For #PoliceFreeSchools” — Advancement Project" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://advancementproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/OPVInstagram-01_o.jpg29172917We write on behalf of Advancement Project National Office and the Alliance for Educational Justice (AEJ) to enthusiastically support the call of Black youth across D.C. and Black Swan Academy to terminate the $23 million dollar school security contract between District of Columbia Public Schools and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and eliminate the $11 […]