Elevating Equity in Schools Film Screening & Discussion

This event is sold out! To watch and discuss the Pushout documentary, please register for our mini-conference on Saturday, March 18th and select "Pushout Documentary Film Screening" as one of the Workshops you'd like to attend. Click to register.

Join us for a screening and community discussion of the documentary film, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools. The 2019 film takes a close look at the educational, judicial, and societal disparities facing Black Girls. It is inspired by the groundbreaking book of the same name by renowned scholar, Monique W. Morris, Ed.D.

According to Pushout, "Black girls in High School are..."

• 6x more likely than White female students to be suspended.
• 3x more likely to receive one or more in-school suspensions than White female students.
• 3x more like to be restrained than White female students.
• 2x more likely to receive corporal punishment than white female students.
• 4x more likely to be arrested than white female students.
• 3x more likely to be referred to law enforcement than white female students.

The documentary confronts the ways in which the misunderstanding of Black girlhood has led to excessive punitive discipline which in turn disrupts one of the most important factors in their lives, their education. This film accomplishes this by giving Black girls the chance to share their challenges and their triumphs.

After the documentary screening, there will be facilitated community dialogues.

This event is presented in partnership with:

• Howard County Public School System (HCPSS)
• Howard County Office of Human Rights & Equity (OHRE)
• Howard County Library System (HCLS).
• Women in NAACP (WIN)
• Horizon Foundation

This event is part of the Howard County Library Films for Change Series. The series features “moving documentaries on racial equity, followed by real conversation,” and is sponsored by the Horizon Foundation.