(Image, from left to right: Speaker-Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro, Dr. Monique Couvson, G4GC President & CEO and author of “Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, Rebecca Amadi, Federal Policy Manager at GLSEN., Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center)
On September 19, 2024 Dr. Monique Couvson, G4GC President & CEO and author of “Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools”, joined Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11) and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), as well as Fatima Goss Graves and other advocates at a press conference to unveil a groundbreaking report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the disparate impact of school disciplinary policies and practices on Black and brown girls in K-12 public schools. As shared by the office of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, the GAO report “found that across the United States, Black girls face disproportionately severe discipline compared to other girls and receive harsher punishments than their white peers for similar behaviors. These disparities are further exacerbated for Black girls with disabilities and Black girls that are part of the LGBTQ community.”
Watch the full press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvNPnj0Lg68
Read the GAO report: https://pressley.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GAO-Final-Report.pdf
(Image: Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Dr. Monique Couvson, G4GC President & CEO and author of “Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools”)