GGE In Action If you are media interested in learning more about Girls for Gender Equity or would like to interview a member of Girls for Gender Equity staff or a youth organizer, please email media@ggenyc.org. FilterCalls to ActionPressResearch & ReportsStatementsTestimony GGE Analyzes Data On Police Activity In Schools During the Pandemic Research & Reports February 26, 2021 From April 1 to December 31, 2020, when school buildings were atypically empty due to remote and blended learning, with some operating as meal distribution sites or Regional Enrichment Centers, there were, alarmingly, 143 police interventions targeting young people reported. […] Read More… Learn More LETTER: GGE & 110 Organizations Demand The Cancellation of Plans to Hire 475 New School Cops Calls to Action, Press, Statements February 24, 2021 With Communities United for Police Reform and dozens of community partners, GGE co-signed a letter to the Mayor and Police Commissioner to stop the proposed funding of 475 new school cops. […] Read More… Learn More GGE Rallies Following News That The NYPD Plans to Hire 475 New School Police Calls to Action, Statements February 19, 2021 GGE mobilized partners to collectively respond to a recent development that the NYPD and the Mayor’s Budget Office are in conversations to hold two new school police candidate classes at the Police Academy. […] Read More… Learn More GGE Testifies Before The City Council Committee on General Welfare Testimony February 19, 2021 The New York City Council Committee on General Welfare convened an oversight hearing on the juvenile justice system during COVID-19. […] Read More… Learn More GGE Testifies Before The City Council Committee on Education Testimony February 18, 2021 The New York City Council Committee on Education convened a public hearing on a school police reform bill package. GGE’s Policy Manager, Quadira Coles, testified in strong opposition to Introduction 2211 alongside coalition partners and demanded police-free schools now. […] Read More… Learn More PRESS CONFERENCE: GGE Joins The Dignity in Schools Campaign – New York To Say #NoOnIntro2211 Calls to Action, Press February 17, 2021 Youth, educators, parents, and advocates are coming together for a pre-hearing press conference to demand Council Members block Council Bill Introduction 2211 and, instead, disband the NYPD’s school policing division. Register and support! […] Read More… Learn More Pages: 1234Last PageLoad More