With multiple challenges facing our children and youth, including racial tensions and gun violence, we need to work together to counter these forces. This is why IEL’s Coalition for Community Schools, in partnership with the Afterschool Alliance, and American Federation of Teachers came together for March for Children & Youth Month, to support students in saying, “enough is enough.” Throughout the month, student and education leaders participated in activities to promote advocacy. March for Children & Youth Month garnered a total of 1,223 tweets and reached 1.5 million people. At the end of the campaign, the IEL team joined thousands of youth advocates at the D.C. March for Our Lives. READ MORE…