StandUpSB

Chelsea Lancaster at SBUSD 2/22 The Fund for Santa Barbara Board Member and SBCC employee calls the incident “ongoing spirit murdering”

Anna Garcia at SBUSD 2/22 Local activist calls resources for the student and family. She also calls for more CRT/anti-racism education.

Dr. David Moore at SBUSD 2/22 Leads Santa Barbara Community Church, calls in support of Leandra and the student. Believes that kids absorb the anger of white adults.

Wendy at SBUSD 2/22 Calls for resources for mental health and training for staff. Do better.

Tara at SBUSD 2/22 Supports the “victim of the anti-black hate crime”. What would you do if you were being silenced and all you wanted to do was protect your child?

Simone Akila at SBUSD 2/22 Cofounder of Healing Justice calls for the board to do better. Why didn’t they put this on their agenda? She calls the board procedure “White Supremacy” because they cut the mother off during Covid comments. https://www.hjsb.org/our-team/simone

Cressida at SBUSD 2/22 Local activist speaks in support of the student who was the target of anti black aggression.

Justin Thresh at SBUSD 2/22 Comments that SROs are not the answer because of their biases.

Zach at SBUSD 2/2 Calls in support of the student and family, wants reparative justice. Says the “white segregationist” who are blaming the removal of SROs are distracting from the issues.

Sebastian(Krystle?) Seighart at SBUSD 2/22 Calls people who think the SRO removal and CRT are the problem, misinformed and ignorant.

Leena at SBUSD 2/22 Calls in to stand in solidarity with the student and his mom. Asks for mental health support for them immediately.

Connie Alexander at SBUSD 2/22 Cofounder of Gateway Educational Services calls to uplift Leandra and her son, who she has worked with directly. Questions the procedure that the district used for the incident.

Anna at SBUSD 2/22 Parent calls in to uplift Leeondra and her son. She gets emotional and cannot finish her comment.

Chiany Dri at SBUSD 2/22 Cofounder of Juneteenth Santa Barbara calls in support of the family. Urges the board to address the matter quickly, to honor the requests of the family and the center the needs of the family in any and all solutions that come out of the support that they are going to hear tonight(in public comment). https://juneteenthsb.org/roots

LaDonte at SBUSD 2/22 Calls in solidarity with the mother and student involved. States that LA and SBUSD do not have horrible schools as Justin said earlier. Sees the opportunity in educating the caucasians of Santa Barbara.

Jordan Killebrew at SBUSD 2/22 Director of Communications for The Santa Barbara Foundation, calls in support of the the student and family. Also calls for more resources, intentional actions and intentional education from the board. https://cominghometopacifica.com/team/jordan-killebrew/ https://www.sbfoundation.org

Leticia Reich at SBUSD 2/22 Co Organizer of Healing Justice SB and BLM activist calls in to uplift the family and student of the incident. She asks for mental health support, participation from restorative justice organizations (like hers) to help create a safe environment for black students and a notification of the anti-black violence on campus. https://www.independent.com/2020/07/17/healing-justice-blm-sbs-new-leaders-carry-the-torch/

Dani at SBUSD 2/22 Supports Curriculum Transparency. Her son goes to public school because she lets him choose but she wishes the schools would improve.

Leeandra at SBUSD 2/22 Describes an incident that happened to her son and the districts response. Calls for change.

Justin at SBUSD 2/22 Mentions Superintendent Maldonado’s hiring, her giving jobs to friends from LA and poor performance.

Wayco at SBUSD 2/22 Calls for the board to ban CRT/DEI because its damaging to all races. Also asks for public facing and easily accessible curriculum and a relaxation of Covid Policy.

Dos Pueblos Jazz Choir at SBUSD 2/8/22

Christy on The Ingraham Angle 2/11/22 Local teacher exposes SBUSD on national news.

Christy at SBUSD 10/26 You can’t leave those who created the problem in charge of coming up with the solution.

Audrey at SBUSD 10/26 Local parent and Sex Crime Prosecutor calls the board out for removal of the SRO and failing to notify the parents about sexual predators on campus.