Resources and Stories

Beyond One Family’s Choice: What It Takes to Change the System

By Manuela Arciniegas In September, The New York Times Magazine published an essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones that sparked conversations among...
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Communities of Practice: Mental Health

Youth mental health support isn’t only about responding to crisis — it’s about the everyday infrastructure that helps young people...
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Roadmaps to Power

A decade of partnership, organizing, and collective power — told by the community organizers building it. See how CJSF’s network...
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What Is Co-Governance? Communities and Schools Share the Power

In this video, organizers, educators, and youth leaders explain what co-governance looks like in action.
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Stepping Into Power: How Student Walkouts are Safeguarding Communities and Public Education

CJSF’s organizing partners, Leidy Robledo and Keno Walker of Alliance for Educational Justice, along with Nico Bernardo, CJSF’s Communications & Development Manager,...
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Beyond the Bell – Episode 8

Host Manuela Arciniegas sits down with Elsa Bañuelos-Lindsay, the Executive Director of Movimiento Poder and Leidy Robledo, the National Co-Director...
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Podcast: Beyond the Bell – Episode 7 (part 2)

Listen as host Manuela Arciniegas reconnects with Marika Pfefferkorn for a real-time update from Minneapolis amid the Minnesota Rebellion of...
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Podcast: Beyond the Bell – Episode 7

In this episode, Marika Pfefferkorn and Aasim Shabazz of Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) discuss how large language models and...
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