UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center's video: Willful Defiance - Book Talk and Presentations by Community Leaders

February 16, 2022 The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) was pleased to welcome Mark R. Warren, Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Massachusetts, Boston, and author of "Willful Defiance: The Movement to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline" (Oxford University Press, 2021). Warren’s presentation was followed by reflections from community leaders who are working toward more just and inclusive schools. Panelists include Maisie Chin, Executive Director of CADRE; Geoffrey Winder, Executive Director of Genders and Sexualities Alliance Network; and Mauro Bautista, Principal of Felicitas & Gonzalo Mendez High School, LAUSD. Eder Gaona-Macedo, CSRC Senior Officer of Community-Engaged Research, introduced the event. "Willful Defiance: The Movement to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline" shows how grassroots community organizing groups have worked to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, end zero tolerance discipline, and advocate for police-free schools. For more information, visit http://peoplesthinktank.us/willful-defiance/ Organized by the CSRC and cosponsored by UCLA Center X and USC Equity Research Institute. For more information about the participating organizations, visit: https://www.chicano.ucla.edu/ https://centerx.gseis.ucla.edu/ https://dornsife.usc.edu/eri https://cadre-la.org/newhome/ https://gsanetwork.org/ https://www.mendezhs.org/