What Sanctuary Schools mean for Latinx families in the School District of Philadelphia

Community StoriesRacial & Immigrant JusticeEducation Equity
Written By Presente Media

In 2020, ICE detained an immigrant mother as she was taking her child to school. The community, along with JUNTOS, responded by organizing a campaign to create Sanctuary Schools to address the education inequities that uniquely affect children with immigrant parents. On June 2021, the Philadelphia Board of Education approved the Sanctuary School Resolution.

En 2020, ICE detuvo a una madre inmigrante cuando llevaba a su hijo a la escuela. La comunidad, y la organización JUNTOS, respondió creando una campaña para crear Escuelas Santuario con el fin de abordar las desigualdades educativas que afectan de manera única a los niños con padres inmigrantes. En junio de 2021, el Consejo de Educación de Filadelfia aprobó la Resolución de Escuelas Santuario.

Interviewed and Produced by Becca Haydu

Filmed and Edited by Becca Haydu

Production Supervision by Michelle Myers, Gabriela Watson-Burkett, Melissa Beatriz, Kristal Sotomayor

 
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