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Now is the time for change
May is National Foster Care Month — and a time to reflect on changes that our state needs to make. Students who experience foster care deserve a robust public education and support to graduate, don’t you agree? In Michigan, though, we see...
Michigan, We Can Do Better
Michigan has returned to a tired playbook of criminalizing youth in schools — but we know there are better ways forward. And YOU can help! What is going on? We are seeing increasingly more punitive approaches from schools. When we look at expulsion data from last...
We are Grateful for You!
It's time to celebrate YOU, our community of supporters and partners. You have had such an amazing impact on students and families in southeast Michigan and around the state. We served more students than we ever have, but sustained the deep work we do in our...
Telling Tales Out of School 2022 Video
On Friday, May 13, 2022, we gathered for our annual event, Telling Tales Out of School. Thank you to everyone who enjoyed the evening with us, live in Ann Arbor or through the livestream! Watch all the videos from Telling Tales 2022 here!...
Celebrating 10 Years at SAC: You have helped us change and grow!
BY PERI STONE-PALMQUIST This month is my 10-year anniversary working at Student Advocacy Center and I can’t help but be nostalgic as I reflect back. I was not looking for a new job when approached to apply at SAC. I was happy working part-time at the Washtenaw...
Honoring a life taken too soon
Our hearts are broken here at Student Advocacy Center after LaRonte Benion-Phillips was shot and killed just weeks after his 18th birthday — just months shy of walking across the stage to receive his diploma. We met LaRonte when he was just 14 and spent hours...
Telling Tales set for Friday, May 13
Come and celebrate the art and craft of storytelling, while supporting the Student Advocacy Center and our work keeping students in school. Our annual storytelling event, “Telling Tales Out of School” is back and again we’ll be outside, weather permitting, to raise...
The Zero Tolerance Aftermath of Oxford
It has been two months since the tragic school shooting at Oxford that left four students dead and many others injured. Our hearts break for those families and that school community. At Student Advocacy Center, we continue to navigate complex fallout from Oxford...
Story Drive October 2021: Have you heard the stories?
Have you had a moment to hear the powerful stories shared this month as we focus on our work in Detroit and Wayne County? These stories are too important not to hear! First off, check out Raniyah’s quick story about how SAC helped her to graduate:...
Groundbreaking Research Shared
Student Advocacy Center and our families have shared about the devastating harm of suspension and expulsion for more than 30 years. But even we were gutted by Dr. Charles Bell’s groundbreaking research on Michigan’ Michigan’s overuse of suspension and the harm it...