
The YA-YA Network
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YA-YA Network (Youth Activists-Youth Allies) trains + provides leadership experience to youth organizers in NYC. Fight for #PoliceFreeSchools!
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Despite this, Mayor Eric Adams, who appoints majority of the PEP, used his reps to steamroll parents and force a vote even though parents asked for a postponement citing confusion on the $30B DOE budget


We are heartened New York City Council ejection of Mayor Eric Adams's austerity agenda. We call on New York City Council to go further – ensure restorative justice funding goes directly to schools, block the Mayor Eric Adams plan to hire 560 new school cops, and move public money away from school policing!




1st grader suspended 17 TIMES by success academy. Last year the child was suspended 20x as a kindergartener. Governor Kathy Hochul THIS is what you want to expand?


S/O to New York City Council Members Shahana Hanif Chi Ossé Oswald Feliz Sandy Nurse @NYCCouncil38 Jen Gutiérrez Carmen De La Rosa Councilwoman KRJ Council Member Kevin C. Riley for standing w/ us FOR #CareNotCuts & AGAINST the Mayor's cuts to schools, libraries, CUNY & social services! #PeoplesBudget





Troubling but something we are well aware of as students, particularly students of color and w disabilities and diverse gender identities. Once decision makers fund our schools more than cops and #ListenToTheYouth, we will see true progress Dignity in Schools Campaign NY Urban Youth Collaborative (UYC) The YA-YA Network

#ICYMI Our coalition crashed Eric Adams' broadway-themed fundraiser Friday night where donors paid $1K/a ticket. Mayor Eric Adams hung out w/ his wealthy friends as he cuts $2.5B+ from essential services New Yorkers rely on. We showed up to demand #CareNotCuts. x.com/MaketheRoadNY/…

Support young people to advocate for themselves @EducationCounc1 Rima Izquierdo The YA-YA Network PSPNYINC CCSD_Advocates Paullette Healy #EndMayoralControlNow
