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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.68,0:00:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was in the sixth grade,\NI got into a fight at school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.88,0:00:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't the first time\NI'd been in a fight,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.16,0:00:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was the first time\None happened at school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.32,0:00:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was with a boy who was\Nabout a foot taller than me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.88,0:00:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was physically stronger than me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.84,0:00:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who'd been taunting me for weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.00,0:00:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day in PE, he stepped on my shoe\Nand refused to apologize.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.84,0:00:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, filled with anger, I grabbed him\Nand I threw him to the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.32,0:00:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd had some previous judo training.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.08,0:00:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.92,0:00:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our fight lasted less than two minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.96,0:00:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was a perfect\Nreflection of the hurricane
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.24,0:00:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was building inside of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.16,0:00:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a young survivor of sexual assault
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.24,0:00:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a girl who was grappling\Nwith abandonment
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.64,0:00:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and exposure to violence\Nin other spaces in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.76,0:00:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was fighting him,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.32,0:00:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I was also fighting the men\Nand boys that had assaulted my body
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.16,0:00:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the culture that told me\NI had to be silent about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.24,0:01:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A teacher broke up the fight
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.84,0:01:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my principle called me in her office.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.40,0:01:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she didn't say,\N"Monique, what's wrong with you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.48,0:01:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gave me a moment to collect my breath
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.64,0:01:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asked, "What happened?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.44,0:01:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The educators working with me\Nled with empathy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.44,0:01:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They knew me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.68,0:01:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They knew I loved to read,\Nthey knew I loved to draw,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.00,0:01:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they knew I adored Prince.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.04,0:01:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they used that information\Nto help me understand
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.88,0:01:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why my actions, and those\Nof my classmate, were disruptive
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.72,0:01:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the learning community\Nthey were leading.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.76,0:01:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't place me on suspension,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.32,0:01:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they didn't call the police.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.68,0:01:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My fight didn't keep me\Nfrom going to school the next day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.52,0:01:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It didn't keep me from graduating,\Nit didn't keep me from teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.12,0:01:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But unfortunately, that's not a story\Nthat's shared by many black girls
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.96,0:01:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the US and around the world today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.64,0:01:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're living through a crisis\Nin which black girls
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.04,0:01:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are being disproportionately pushed\Naway from schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.80,0:02:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because of an imminent threat\Nthey pose to the safety of a school,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.40,0:02:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because they're often\Nexperiencing schools
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.60,0:02:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as locations for punishment\Nand marginalization.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.16,0:02:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's something that I hear\Nfrom black girls around the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.68,0:02:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not insurmountable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.68,0:02:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can shift this narrative.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.64,0:02:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's start with some data.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.40,0:02:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to a National Black Women's\NJustice Institute analysis
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.48,0:02:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of civil rights data,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.72,0:02:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collected by the US\NDepartment of Education,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.72,0:02:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black girls are the only group of girls\Nwho are overrepresented
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.72,0:02:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along the entire continuum\Nof discipline in schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.36,0:02:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't mean that other girls aren't\Nexperiencing exclusionary discipline
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.48,0:02:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it doesn't mean that other girls\Naren't overrepresented
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.12,0:02:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at other parts along that continuum.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.44,0:02:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But black girls\Nare the only group of girls
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.48,0:02:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are overrepresented all along the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.96,0:02:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black girls are seven times more likely\Nthan their white counterparts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.12,0:02:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to experience one or more\Nout of school suspensions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.84,0:03:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're nearly three times more likely\Nthan their white and Latinx counterparts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.96,0:03:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be referred to the juvenile court.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.72,0:03:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A recent study by the Georgetown\NCenter on Poverty and Inequality
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.72,0:03:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,partially explained\Nwhy this disparity is taking place,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.88,0:03:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they confirmed\Nthat black girls experience
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.16,0:03:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a specific type of age compression,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.56,0:03:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they're seen as more adult-like\Nthan their white peers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.64,0:03:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Among other things, the study found
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.68,0:03:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people perceive black girls\Nto need less nurturing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.76,0:03:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less protection, to know more about sex
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.80,0:03:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be more independent\Nthan their white peers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.12,0:03:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The study also found
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.84,0:03:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the perception disparity begins\Nwhen girls are as young as five years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.60,0:03:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that this perception\Nand the disparity increases over time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.84,0:03:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and peaks when girls are\Nbetween the ages of 10 and 14.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.92,0:03:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not without consequence.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.00,0:03:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Believing that a girl is older than she is\Ncan lead to harsher treatment,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.48,0:04:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,immediate censure when she makes a mistake
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.12,0:04:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and victim blaming when she's harmed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.20,0:04:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can also lead a girl to think\Nthat something is wrong with her,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.52,0:04:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than the conditions\Nin which she finds herself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.88,0:04:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black girls are routinely seen\Nas too loud, too aggressive,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.80,0:04:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,too angry, too visible.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.56,0:04:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Qualities that are often measured\Nin relation to nonblack girls
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.04,0:04:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which don't take into consideration\Nwhat's going on in this girl's life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.00,0:04:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or her cultural norms.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.04,0:04:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not just in the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.04,0:04:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In South Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.64,0:04:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black girls at the Pretoria\NGirls High School
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.80,0:04:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were discouraged from attending school\Nwith their hair in its natural state,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.44,0:04:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without chemical processing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.28,0:04:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did those girls do?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.92,0:04:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They protested.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.08,0:04:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was a beautiful thing to see\Nthe global community for the most part
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.60,0:04:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrap its arms around girls\Nas they stood in their truths.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.32,0:04:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there were those\Nwho saw them as disruptive,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.68,0:04:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,largely because they dared\Nto ask the question,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.36,0:04:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Where can we be black,\Nif we can't be black in Africa?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.40,0:04:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.28,0:05:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.64,0:05:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a good question.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.40,0:05:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.60,0:05:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black girls are grappling\Nwith this question.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.52,0:05:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.36,0:05:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black girls are struggling to be seen,\Nworking to be free
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.88,0:05:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fighting to be included
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.52,0:05:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the landscape of promise\Nthat a safe space to learn provides.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.80,0:05:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the US, little girls,\Njust past their toddler years,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.08,0:05:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are being arrested in classrooms\Nfor having a tantrum.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.52,0:05:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Middle school girls are being\Nturned away from school
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.52,0:05:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the way\Nthey wear their hair naturally,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.32,0:05:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or because of the way\Nthe clothes fir their bodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.52,0:05:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,High school girls\Nare experiencing violence
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.60,0:05:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the hands of police\Nofficers in schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.76,0:05:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where can black girls be black\Nwithout reprimand or punishment?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.12,0:05:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not just these incidents.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.76,0:05:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my work as a researcher and educator,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.84,0:05:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had an opportunity\Nto work with girls like Stacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.24,0:05:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a girl who I profile in my book "Pushout,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.80,0:06:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who struggles with\Nher participation in violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.36,0:06:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She bypasses the neuroscientific\Nand structural analyses
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.16,0:06:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that science has to offer
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.60,0:06:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how her adverse\Nchildhood experiences inform
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.04,0:06:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why she's participating in violence
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.12,0:06:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and goes straight to describing herself\Nas a "problem child,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.40,0:06:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,largely because that's the language\Nthat educators were using
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.32,0:06:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they routinely suspended her.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.36,0:06:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.00,0:06:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disconnection and the internalization\Nof harm grow stronger in isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.24,0:06:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when girls get in trouble,\Nwe shouldn't be pushing them away,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.32,0:06:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should be bringing them in closer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.52,0:06:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education is a critical protective factor
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.76,0:06:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against contact\Nwith the criminal legal system.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.40,0:06:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we should be building\Nour policies and practices
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.84,0:06:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that keep girls connected\Nto their learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.96,0:06:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than pushing them away from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.84,0:06:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one of the reasons I like to say\Nthat education is freedom work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.68,0:06:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When girls feel safe, they can learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.28,0:07:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they don't feel safe, they fight,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.92,0:07:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they protest, they argue,\Nthey flee, they freeze.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.12,0:07:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The human brain is wired\Nto protect us when we feel a threat.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.36,0:07:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so long as school feels like a threat,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.44,0:07:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or part of the tapestry of harm\Nin a girl's life,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.20,0:07:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she'll be inclined to resist.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.92,0:07:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when schools become\Nlocations for healing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.16,0:07:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can also become\Nlocations for learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.72,0:07:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what does this mean for a school\Nto become a location for healing?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.48,0:07:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, for one thing, it means\Nthat we have to immediately discontinue
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.76,0:07:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the policies and practices that target\Nblack girls for their hairstyles or dress.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.16,0:07:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.12,0:07:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's focus on how\Nand what a girls learns,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.20,0:07:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than policing her body\Nin ways that facilitate rape culture
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.08,0:07:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or punish children for the conditions\Nin which they were born.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.96,0:08:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where parents and the community\Nof concerned adults can enter this work.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.68,0:08:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Start a conversation with the school
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.52,0:08:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and encourage them\Nto address their dress code
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.24,0:08:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other conduct-related policies\Nas a collaborative project
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.40,0:08:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with parents and students,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.36,0:08:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so as to intentionally avoid\Nbias and discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.48,0:08:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep in mind, though,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.72,0:08:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that some of the practices\Nthat harm black girls most are unwritten.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.96,0:08:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have to continue to do the deep,\Ninternal work to address the biases
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.28,0:08:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that inform how, when and whether we see\Nblack girls for who they actually are,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.96,0:08:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what we've been told they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.16,0:08:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Volunteer at a school
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.28,0:08:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and establish culturally competent\Nand gender responsive discussion groups
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.12,0:08:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with black girls,\NLatinas, indigenous girls
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.12,0:08:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other students who experience\Nmarginalization in schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.60,0:08:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give them a safe space
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.88,0:08:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to process their identities\Nand experiences in schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.00,0:08:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if schools are to become\Nlocations for healing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.76,0:08:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to remove police officers
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.96,0:08:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and increase the number\Nof counselors in schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.56,0:09:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.52,0:09:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education is freedom work.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.16,0:09:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And whatever our point of entry is,\Nwe all have to be freedom fighters.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.16,0:09:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good news is that there are schools
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.08,0:09:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are actively working\Nto establish themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.68,0:09:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as locations for girls\Nto see themselves as sacred and loved.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.36,0:09:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Columbus City Prep School for Girls\Nin Columbus, Ohio, is an example of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.52,0:09:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They became an example\Nthe moment their principal declared
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.28,0:09:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were no longer going to punish\Ngirls for having "a bad attitude."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.32,0:09:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to building --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.80,0:09:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Essentially, what they did\Nis they built out a robust continuum
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.80,0:09:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of alternatives to suspension,\Nexpulsion and arrest.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.28,0:09:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to establishing\Na restorative justice program,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.36,0:09:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they improved their\Nstudent and teacher relationships
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.88,0:09:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by ensuring that every girl\Nhas at least one adult on campus
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.84,0:09:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she can go to\Nwhen she's in a moment of crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.76,0:10:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They built out spaces along the corridors\Nof the school and in classrooms
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.24,0:10:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for girls to regroup,\Nif they need a minute to do so.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.40,0:10:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they established an advisory program\Nthat provides girls with an opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.24,0:10:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start every single day\Nwith the promotion of self-worth,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.48,0:10:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communication skills and goal setting.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.44,0:10:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this school,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.72,0:10:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're trying to respond\Nto a girl's adverse childhood experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.36,0:10:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than ignore them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.88,0:10:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They bring them in closer,\Nthey don't push them away.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.52,0:10:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a result, their truancy\Nand suspension rates have improved
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.92,0:10:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and girls are arriving at school\Nincreasingly ready to learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.96,0:10:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they know the teachers\Nthere care about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.72,0:10:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.96,0:10:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Schools that integrate the arts\Nand sports into their curriculum
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.32,0:10:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that are building out\Ntranformative programming,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.12,0:10:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as restorative justice,\Nmindfulness and meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.88,0:10:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are providing an opportunity for girls\Nto repair their relationships with others,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.64,0:10:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also with themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.36,0:10:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Responding to the lived,\Ncomplex and historical trauma
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.92,0:11:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our students face
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.44,0:11:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,requires all of us who believe\Nin the promise of children and adolescents
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.00,0:11:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build relationships,\Nlearning materials,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.16,0:11:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human and financial resources\Nand other tools
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.76,0:11:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that provide children with an opportunity\Nto heal, so that they can learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.36,0:11:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our schools should be places where\Nwe respond to our most vulnerable girls
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.92,0:11:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as essential to the creation\Nof a positive school culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.08,0:11:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our ability to see her promise\Nshould be at its sharpest
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.72,0:11:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she's in the throws\Nof poverty and addiction,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.60,0:11:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she's reeling\Nfrom having been sex-trafficked
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.00,0:11:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or survived other forms of violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.60,0:11:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she's at her loudest,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.28,0:11:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or her quietest.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.28,0:11:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should be able\Nto support her intellectual
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.80,0:11:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and social emotional well-being,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.84,0:11:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether her shorts reach her knees,\Nor stop mid-thigh or higher.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.68,0:11:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might seem like a tall order in a world
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.08,0:12:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so deeply entrenched\Nin the politics of fear
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.56,0:12:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to radically imagine schools as locations\Nwhere girls can heal and thrive,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.36,0:12:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we have to be bold enough\Nto set this as our intention.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.40,0:12:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we commit to this notion\Nof education as freedom work,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.32,0:12:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can shift educational conditions
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.64,0:12:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that no girl, even the most\Nvulnerable among us,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.32,0:12:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will get pushed out of school.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.04,0:12:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a win for all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.64,0:12:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.92,0:12:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)