Latino Students United At East High School

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Deadline: November 30th

Today we had our second annual assembly from Latino Students United Dedicated to Dolores Huerta. We had the honor to have Polly Baca as our guest speaker. Here are some pictures we captured, many more to come. You all did an amazing job, keep it up!

Latino Students United getting ready for our second assembly dedicated to Finalizing some things, March 21 here we come!

Please help and donate to one of our members Elicia, for this amazing opportunity 😋

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Click here to support National Youth Leadership Forum organized by Elicia Perez Hi everyone thank you for taking the time to read this... I have been chosen to represent my high school, Denver East High School, at the National Youth Leadership Forum: Advanced Medicine & Health Care. It will be held at Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD from June 17-26, 2018. I have been...

A few pictures of our Ice Skating trip with Asian Club and Native club!
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Tomorrow morning we will be selling Hot chocolate and Tamales at the E. Make sure to support LSU!! (:

Currently in the process of making tiny sugar skulls to decorate on Wednesday November 1st. Come to our meeting! Don't miss out! During lunch in room 310. 💀

Students, if you ever encounter any type of discrimination, from a teacher or peer please know that LSU has your back and will not tolerate this. We will advocate until something is done. Currently with this situation we are still talking to the principal and more staff. We will not let this slide. We will make sure that teachers are held accountable. Your voice matters, we can only change things if you speak up, if you stand up for a class mate, don't be a bistandard, speak up.

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We were made aware that Monday morning, a teacher at East High School informed their students that, "(This school) is an English-ONLY environment!" after repeatedly harassing a student about speaking Spanish to their friends and later singling them out to ridicule them. Students responded by immediately speaking with the principal to insist that action be taken and were told that the teacher would be spoken to about the situation.

We are clear that this erasure of culture and bullying of students is not only an abuse of power for what should be a trusting relationship, but also one rooted in both overt and systemic racism. As this type of behavior increases across the country, we are reminded of the days when Spanish was outlawed in schools and the activity still going on today of banning Xicanx and Latinx authors in schools as highlighted by the current court case in Arizona. These behaviors are not only inexcusable, but contribute to forcing marginalized students into the shadows and challenging the various cultures of their student population.

In a district in which roughly 55.5% of students identify as Hispanic or Latinx and which has failed and continues to struggle in meeting the federally-mandated consent decree to adequately resource and service English language learners, this behavior is especially troubling. We're also reminded of moments last year when some students were using vitriolic and racist language against Black students at East and the reports out of DPS that acknowledge that Black and brown students are disciplined significantly more aggressively than their white counterparts. The actions by this school can't simply end in one conversation with the teacher and sweeping the issue under the rug. There must be a process that includes students and community and something must be done to address the fact that this teacher has cultivated an unsafe environment for their students which reflects larger patterns within the district and this school in particular.

Denver Justice Project stands with the students of East and we encourage our community to contact administrations at East High School and Denver Public Schools to demand swift and significant action be taken on this issue immediately.

Come out! Support! Today!!

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Thank you to all East Students and Staff! These are just some donations we have collected, there is a lot more!! We also raised over $600 in cash donations. These items and money are all donations for Mexico and Puerto Rico. Once again thank you all!