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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...
Expulsion Prevention Bills
We are in a monumental moment here at SAC and hope you will join us to advocate for changes that our students and families have lifted up for YEARS. For more than 20 years, SAC families have told us over and over again about how unfair school discipline hearings have...
Homelessness Should be Part of the School Discipline Reform Conversation
By Lilly Kaplan, MSW Student Intern On June 2nd, 2021, Student Advocacy Center hosted a webinar focused on homelessness and school discipline. The event, which was co-sponsored by Street Democracy and Poverty Solutions, provided an opportunity to learn about brand new...
Make Your Voice Heard: Vote How You Want Funds Spent in Your Schools
Hi there, I’m Trina and I’m a Community Organizer with SAC. We have been working to uplift the opportunity our schools have with the Covid-related funds (technically called ESSR funds) that have already started to roll into our school districts. Ann Arbor Public...