The Justice for Youth March on Tuesday morning was part of continuing statewide efforts to fight for more Schools and less Jails in the State of California. The following were the 10 demands presented at the Ronald Reagan State Building where California Gov. Gray Davis' office is located:
**** Youth Demands ****
1. Billions for Schools - Prioritize Funding to schools in Low-income Communities of Color
2. Environmental Justice for Youth: Toxic Free Schools
3. Redesign K-12 Education System - Ethnic Studies, Women's Studies, G/L/B/T Studies
4. End High Stakes Testing - Abolish Stanford 9, GRE, SAT
5. Bilingual Ed Now - Repeal 227
6. Stop Criminalizing Youth - Repeal 21
7. Increase Youth Support Programs
8. Affirmative Action & University Access Now - Repeal Prop. 209, SP1, SP2, E.O. 665
9. Living Wage Job Development in Low-income Communities of Color
10. End Prison Building and Stop profiting off of youth: Shift from prisons to schools and end the privatization of schools and prisons.