Communities for Just Schools Fund

“There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single issue lives.” -Audre Lorde The last few weeks have been filled with convenings that emphasized equity and solidarity across the siloes and geographies that too often divide us - at the launch of #GoodKidsMadCity, during the April 20th Student Walkouts, throughout PolicyLink’s Equity Summit, with the Executives’ Alliance for Boys and Men of Color’s spring meeting, and at CJSF’s own quarterly membe

2017 has nearly come to a close. And, what a year it's been. At CJSF, we continue to support our grantee partners and walk alongside them on a path that we know leads to equity and to the schools all children deserve. During the past month alone, CJSF and our partners joined together to ensure that our collective voice was considered in federal decision-making about students' and families' civil and human rights. We did so by submitting comments on proposed federal priorities