I would love to offer my complete support to BOP's over ten years of organizing that has led to the George Floyd Resolution to eliminate OSPD. I would also like to urge the board and administration to be bold in their stance, as there is obviously overwhelming support in the community, while the OSPD Union will certainly try to fight this initiative. Also, as this has been a 10 year fight on behalf of BOP, this has not always been a publicly beneficial stance for elected leaders to take, so please continue to take their lead when moving toward implementation, and do not co-opt this policy and movement to water it down.
My name is Chelsea Mangold. I’m commenting in support of the complete elimination of police in OUSD. I specifically wish to call for President Jody London, Director Jumoke Hinton Hodge, Director Gary Yee and Director James Harris to support this Resolution, given their lack of support in March earlier this year. I support the many years of community-based research created in deep coalition represented in The People’s Plan for Police Free Schools by the Black Organizing Project:
http://blackorganizingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Peoples-Plan-2019-Online-Reduced-Size.pdf
I support the elimination of the Oakland School Police Department. I had many friends in the OUSD who entered the school to prison pipeline because of the OSPD--their lives were negatively impacted. I urge school board members to vote to eliminate the OSPD at their upcoming vote in June.
I would love to offer my complete support to BOP's over ten years of organizing that has led to the George Floyd Resolution to eliminate OSPD. I would also like to urge the board and administration to be bold in their stance, as there is obviously overwhelming support in the community, while the OSPD Union will certainly try to fight this initiative. Also, as this has been a 10 year fight on behalf of BOP, this has not always been a publicly beneficial stance for elected leaders to take, so please continue to take their lead when moving toward implementation, and do not co-opt this policy and movement to water it down.
My name is Chelsea Mangold. I’m commenting in support of the complete elimination of police in OUSD. I specifically wish to call for President Jody London, Director Jumoke Hinton Hodge, Director Gary Yee and Director James Harris to support this Resolution, given their lack of support in March earlier this year. I support the many years of community-based research created in deep coalition represented in The People’s Plan for Police Free Schools by the Black Organizing Project:
http://blackorganizingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Peoples-Plan-2019-Online-Reduced-Size.pdf
I support the elimination of the Oakland School Police Department. I had many friends in the OUSD who entered the school to prison pipeline because of the OSPD--their lives were negatively impacted. I urge school board members to vote to eliminate the OSPD at their upcoming vote in June.