What Do We Do Now? Students’ Rights Are Civil Rights!

January 6, 2025

Join ELC for the third of Three Not-to-be-Missed Webinars About the Future of Public Education During Trump 2.0: What Do We Do Now? Students’ Rights Are Civil Rights!

Education Law Center – which has worked to support public education in states across the country for over 50 years using litigation, research, advocacy, strategic partnerships and communications – invites you to the third of three crucial webinars providing the information you need to defend public education during Trump 2.0:

  • What Do We Do Now? Students’ Rights Are Civil Rights!

When: Thursday, January 16, 2-3 p.m. ET

Who: Kevin Welner, ELC Board of Trustees member and Executive Director of the National Education Policy Center; Robert Kim, Esq., ELC Executive Director; and additional ELC staff members.

What: The federal government plays a key role in the protection of public school students’ civil rights. That role is expected to be diminished, disregarded or worse during the second Trump administration. We can anticipate efforts to shrink or weaponize the federal Office for Civil Rights. There is legitimate and growing concern for immigrant and LGBTQ+ students, students who experience sexual harassment and violence, students receiving special education, and students of color. Expanded school curriculum censorship, a federal private school voucher program, and turning away from racial diversity and school desegregation efforts, among other projected changes, are on the horizon. These concerns are very real, but so is the fightback. Here from ELC experts about how to protect students’ civil rights during Trump 2.0.

Register Here

If you missed the first webinar in the series, What Do We Do Now? No Vouchers! Public Funds Are For Public Schools!, you can access the recording here. If you missed the second webinar, What Do We Do Now? Money Matters More Than Ever So States Can Make the Grade!, you can access the recording here.

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Press Contact:
Sharon Krengel
Director of Policy, Strategic Partnerships and Communications
skrengel@edlawcenter.org
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