April 27, 2016
The seven panelists addressing the crowd: (From left to right) Ali N. Muhammad, administrator at John Harlan Community Academy; Carol R. Washington, enrollment coordinator at Edison Learning; Candace Moore, staff attorney, Educational Equity Project, Carlil Pittman, youth organizer for Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) and an alum of the organization; Cheresa Purnell, education manager, Demoiselle 2 Femme, NFP; Kisha Roberts-Tabb, juvenile probation officer, Cook County Juvenile Courts and Bethany Lyke, Ed. D., executive director at the Illinois Center for School Improvement. (Photo by Chelsea Johnson)
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SSCUG aims to uplift black girls on the south side
SSCUG aims to uplift black girls on the south side By: Chelsea Johnson According to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, black girls are suspended at higher rates (12%) than girls from any other race or ethnicity; and at a higher rate than white boys and white girls. While it now appears that the government is finally taking action to deal with this alarming statistic, Demoiselle 2 Femme, through way of the South Side Coalition on Urban Girls (SSCUG) has been fighting since 2010 to empower Black girls on Chicago’s South Side.