For over a year, I have been lucky to work with a terrific group of young people who are conducting a participatory action research project about the impact of harsh disciplinary policies on students’ educational outcomes. Specifically, they are focusing on school pushout and its connection to the school to prison pipeline.

As part of their work, we collaborated to host an event back in July in partnership with Connect Force of Alternatives Inc. The event called “Representing the Pipeline” engaged youth in conversation about harsh school disciplinary policies and school pushout. Youth then created art depicting how they viewed the school to prison pipeline.

In all, 17 amazing pieces of art were created. You can see them below: