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Calling all Montgomery teens! Join us for our new Summer Series: Ambassadors of Peace, in partnership with Crime Survivors Speak, GirlTrek, MAAVIS, and Montgomery City Violence Prevention. We’ll have five total sessions this summer, starting tomorrow, June 23rd at 2pm.

Throughout the series we’ll talk about how to build critical thinking skills, process pain and hurt in healthy ways, and develop tools to navigate everyday challenges.

We hope you’ll join us. Space is limited— register using the link in the comments! Find more details on the flyer below.

Three more primary elections happening this week! If you’re a voter in Maryland, New York, or Utah, head to VOTE411.org to find out what’s on your ballot and make a plan to vote this week!

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The federal government has proposed big changes to programs that support students with disabilities.

This is not a niche issue. Disability affects communities across the US: 1 in 6 children, or 17% of the population, has a disability of some kind. This decision will impact your friends, neighbors, and the future of our nation.

The federal government’s plan would move special education programs and civil rights enforcement out of the Department of Education and into different agencies.

NDRN, and disability advocates across the US, are concerned because these systems are supposed to work together to support individuals with disabilities.

When these programs are split across agencies, it can:
- Make it harder for families to get help
- Slow down responses to discrimination cases
- Create confusion about where to go for support

Advocates also warn this decision moves us away from treating disability as a civil rights issue, and back toward seeing it as a medical issue.

Federal law has required a coordinated approach to education and disability rights. For nearly half a century, Congress has intentionally aligned educational access, transition services, workforce preparation, vocational rehabilitation, and civil rights enforcement within a single agency, recognizing that educational achievement and employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities are deeply interconnected.

Students with disabilities have the right to learn, belong, and succeed in school. Without strong, coordinated protections, these rights are at risk.

Looking for less screen time and more quality time connecting? WWOOFing might be for you. It stands for the Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms, and the program allows individuals to volunteer their time in exchange for room and board. In the process, participants learn where their food comes from and cultivate a sense of community that's closer to nature.

✍️ Linnea Harris
📸 Photos courtesy of Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
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