Project NIA

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Project NIA is an American advocacy organization that supports youth in trouble with the law as well as those victimized by violence and crime, through community-based alternatives as opposed to formal legal proceedings. This project is aiming to ending juvenile incarceration.[1]

NIA comes from a Swahili word for "with purpose".[1]

Suspension stories

Suspension stories is an initiative resulting from the collaboration between the Project NIA and the Rogers Park Young Women's Action Team [1] that collect stories about students involved with unfair Suspension and Expulsion[2] primarily through videos[3] They have also filmed and gathered information from teachers and other school personnel[4]

See also

Rogers Park Young Women's Action Team

References

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External links

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