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 & ReportsResourcesStatementsTestimony 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… from LETTER: GGE & 110 Organizations Demand The Cancellation of Plans to Hire 475 New School Cops 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… from GGE Rallies Following News That The NYPD Plans to Hire 475 New School Police 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… from GGE Testifies Before The City Council Committee on General Welfare 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… from GGE Testifies Before The City Council Committee on Education 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… from PRESS CONFERENCE: GGE Joins The Dignity in Schools Campaign – New York To Say #NoOnIntro2211 Learn More ARTICLE: It’s Time for Police-free Schools Calls to Action, Press, Statements February 17, 2021 Prior to a February 18th City Council convening on the issue of school policing, Quadira Coles, GGE’s Policy Manager, calls on all who organize for whole, healthy schools to join the work to win police-free schools now. […] Read More… from ARTICLE: It’s Time for Police-free Schools Learn More Pages: 12345678Load More