Bio
Laura Hudson is a volunteer organizer with the ACLU of Arizona’s #Demand2Learn campaign.
Featured Work
School discipline reform advocates from Arizona travel to Colorado to see restorative practices in action
Demand to Learn recently took a team of youth, moms, educators and community organizers to Denver to learn about the restorative practices (RP) that have transformed a school there from a prison pipeline to a model of smart school discipline. I was lucky enough to attend and learned far more than I imagined I would. I thought I would be learning about their discipline procedures and I did learn about that, but what struck me was that the majority of restorative practices are not about how to deal with conflict and rule infractions but how to build relationships and create a culture of caring and respect.
