In this episode, Juniper Gia Loving from GSA Network and Tyrone Creech, Jr. from G-SAFE talk about how to support trans, queer, 2-spirit (TQ2S) youth in Wisconsin, Texas and across the country. Through leadership development, community organizing, and impact litigation, they break down how attacks on young peoples’ gender and sexuality and attacks on their access to civil and human rights as queer students are foundational to the erosion of democracy, equity, and access to public education for all.

On this episode of Beyond the Bell, Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari, Co-Executive Director of Alliance for Quality Education and Hiram Marcano from Community Resource Hub talk about the power of youth and caregivers and parents in New York and Philadelphia, the legacy of the black power, civil rights and abolitionist movement, and how they have shaped a national education justice movement. From intergenerational organizing, to activating youth and parent power, Zakiyah and Hiram reflect on the unique contributions of Black and Brown intergenerational organizing that helped set the largest victories of getting police out of schools since the movement began.

On this episode of Beyond the Bell, Moira Kaleida from The Alliance to Reclaim our Schools and Kyle Serette from the National Education Association- the largest union in the country- have come together to defend public education from school closures and defunding- building a national movement of educators, youth and caregiver organizers and allies. What does it look like when the labor sector unites with the education justice sector to stop school closures and privatization and address the widespread defunding of the public safety net across IDEA disability funding, SNAP benefits, and more?