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Students and community urge board to reinstate Homies Organizing the Mission at Mission High

Board of Education of the San Francisco Unified School District · January 13, 2009
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Multiple speakers, including youth served by the Homies program and community partners, told the board Homies was removed from Mission High after raising concerns about racial profiling and disciplinary practices and urged immediate reinstatement and mediation with the school.

More than a dozen young people, community organizers and service‑provider representatives implored the San Francisco Board of Education on Jan. 13 to reinstate Homies Organizing the Mission, a community youth program that staff and students said had been removed from Mission High School.

Jose Luis Pavan, associate director with Homies, told the board the organization had been delivering in‑kind violence‑prevention, case management and college‑prep services at Mission High and had been forced out after raising concerns about…

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