We Have Rights Student Handbook
Constitutional rights do not end at the schoolhouse doors. The law can be complex and vague, especially with regards to the rights of young people, but students and teens should know their rights!
September 16, 2020Constitutional rights do not end at the schoolhouse doors. The law can be complex and vague, especially with regards to the rights of young people, but students and teens should know their rights!
September 16, 2020 Students & Youth Rights Racial Justice LGBTQ+ Rights Women's Rights, Reproductive Freedom & Gender Equity Immigrants' Rights Free Speech Police PracticesAn analysis of Florida’s experiment with school policing illustrates that the school policing mandate has only increased negative outcomes for our students.
September 2, 2020 Students & Youth Rights Racial Justice Police Practices Criminal JusticeWhile many of the struggles facing election administrators during this public health crisis seem unprecedented, they each represent an opportunity to refine local policies and practices to ensure every Floridian has the opportunity to vote – and to have that vote count.
April 23, 2020The 2020 Legislative Session may be over, but our work continues.
April 16, 2020 Criminal Justice Voting Rights Immigrants' Rights LGBTQ+ Rights Women's Rights, Reproductive Freedom & Gender Equity Students & Youth Rights61 days. That’s how long the 2019 Florida Legislative Session lasted, and by the time it was over, the Florida Legislature undid years of progress on civil liberties and civil rights.
July 29, 2019 Racial Justice Immigrants' Rights Criminal Justice Juvenile Justice Students & Youth Rights Women's Rights, Reproductive Freedom & Gender Equity Religious Liberty LGBTQ+ Rights Florida's Voter Restoration Amendment Voting Rights PrivacyMiami-Dade County’s records show that between February 2017 and February 2019, ICE sent the jail 420 detainer requests for people listed as U.S. citizens, only to later cancel 83 of those requests—evidently because the agency determined, after the fact, that its targets were in fact U.S. citizens.
March 20, 2019 Immigrants' Rights