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What is Students Deserve? a grassroots coalition of students, parents, and teachers fighting for justice in education and beyond.

What is Schools L.A. Students Deserve? a city-wide space bringing together youth, educators, families, communities, and movements to be a force that simultaneously:
A.) ENVISIONS the education (and the communities, city, and society) we want
B.) FIGHTS the current attacks on public education and the ongoing racism, classism and oppressions of the education system,
C.) CREATES real on-the-ground solutions that show the power that people to build what we want now.

07/22/2026

Black Lives Matters in Schools Rally ✊🏿❤️✊🏾

in solidarity with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles Black Lives Matter Grassroots 💥

TOMORROW 👉🏾Wednesday, 7/22/2026 at 4 pm

📍Hall of (IN)Justice
211 West Temple

06/25/2026

This past weekend, we held our Alumni Circle: Homecoming! ✊🏿❤️✊🏾

We welcomed back almost 20 Students Deserve alumni for a day of community building and political education.💛 We ate soul food, made bouquets of flowers to pay homage to the SD Alumni , and hosted a few workshops on organizing post-grad + navigating higher education led by alumni Alondra & Thandiwe 🫂🤎

06/23/2026

⚡️TODAY ⚡️Join Students Deserve along the Police Free LAUSD Coalition as we show up during public comment to demand investments in Black, Latinx, and Indigenous Students in the 2026-2027 Budget!

LAUSD will vote on and approve the 2026-2027 Budget! We are showing up to ensure investments in community based safety, the Black Student Achievement Plan and staff, Dream Centers, Mental Health supports and so much more.

‼️Tuesday, June 23rd
At 3:00pm - public comment will happen at 3:30pm!
LAUSD Headquarters: 333 S. Beaudry Ave

😷 we encourage our folks to mask up due to the air quality.

06/17/2026

📣 STUDENT & COMMUNITY VICTORY! 📣

Today, LAUSD voted on a 3-year funding plan that would have cut BSAP by almost 90% and SENI by 100%—decimating critical equity investments for Black students and high- and highest-need schools across the district.

✊🏿But when we fight, WE WIN!!!!✊🏾

Over the past two weeks, students, parents, educators, and community members raised their voices and forced the district to listen. Instead of devastating cuts, we won the protection of almost all BSAP funding, reduced cuts for SENI high- and highest-need schools, and a commitment from LAUSD to prioritize BSAP and SENI with any new state dollars.

While there is still much more work to do to secure all of the resources and supports that Black and Brown students—and all marginalized youth—deserve, today marks a significant victory!! 🏆🏆🏆

Together, we protected programs that have transformed conditions for Black youth and other students of color throughout LAUSD.

This victory belongs to every student, parent, educator, and community member who spoke out, signed petitions, attended actions, made calls, and demanded better.

The struggle continues. ✊🏿❤️✊🏾

06/16/2026

🚨 TOMORROW: NO CUTS TO BSAP OR SENI 🚨

Join us TOMORROW Tuesday, June 16 at 10AM as we demand that LAUSD protect the Black Student Achievement Plan (BSAP) and Student Equity Need Index (SENI). 🗣️🗣️🗣️

LAUSD is proposing devastating cuts that would slash BSAP funding from $175 million to just $25 million by 2027–28, while also cutting SENI, a critical resource for students and schools with the greatest needs.

We are saying NO to cuts that target Black and Brown youth.

We are saying NO to eliminating equity programs while continuing to fund police, surveillance, and private contracts!

🗣️And we are saying NO to balancing the budget on the backs of students.

LAUSD Headquarters: 333 S. Beaudry Ave
👀 10AM–5PM

See you there!!

06/13/2026

🚨Tell LAUSD: STOP THE RETALIATION! DON’T MOVE MS. TYLER! 🚨

Jsané Tyler is a longtime parent advocate, mentor and supporter of students, and organizer against educational racism and the school to prison pipeline. She’s been the Parent & Family Center Director at Hamilton High School for over a decade - building out systems to support students and families in need that never existed before her tenure.

In her free time, she organizes with Students Deserve and Black Lives Matter Los Angeles . Earlier this year, she was faced with tragedy as her cousin was murdered by an off-duty ICE agent - and she’s been tirelessly organizing for justice, as her work has continued.

She’s also been a union leader, shop steward and bargaining team member with SEIU Local 99 , recently helping them win a historic contract and raises for the district’s lowest paid workers, many of whom are also district parents.

Late last week, LAUSD added insult to injury and sent Ms. Tyler a notification that she would be displaced from the Hami school community. This is outright retaliation against a longtime community pillar and vocal advocate for marginalized students, parents, families & district employees - and it is horrific, vile and unacceptable!

🗣️ Sign the petition to demand that LAUSD STOP THE RETALIATION and DONT MOVE MS. TYLER!

🔗 https://bit.ly/savemstylersjob

06/12/2026

📣 TODAY, students, parents, educators, labor partners, and community members with the Police-Free LAUSD Coalition, Equity Alliance for LA’s Kids, Rainbow Education Coalition of Los Angeles , and California Native Vote Project stood together to demand that LAUSD REJECT proposed cuts to the Black Student Achievement Plan (BSAP) and the Student Equity Need Index (SENI). 🗣️

LAUSD is proposing an 86% cut to BSAP funding and the complete elimination of SENI—investments that support Black students, foster youth, students experiencing homelessness, immigrant students, LGBTQ+ students, Native students, and other historically underserved communities.

We refuse to let LAUSD balance its budget on the backs of Black and Brown students ‼️

We are calling on the School Board to:
❌ Reject cuts to BSAP!
❌ REJECT the elimination of SENI!

Join us again on Tuesday, June 16 at 10am and June 23rd!

06/11/2026

📣 Join us to demand LAUSD protect and FULLY Fund BSAP & SENI 📣

As LAUSD, plans to vote on a Fiscal Stabilization Plan (FSP) that proposed cuts to BSAP & SENI — we are demanding NO CUTS to Equity Programs!

Take action with us TOMORROW, FRIDAY JUNE 12th for a press conference at 12pm AND public comment at 3pm ✊🏿❤️ ✊🏾

🚨TAKE ACTION TO STOP THE CUTS ON BSAP + SENI!! 🚨

❌ NO to LAUSD pushing a MAGA/white supremacist agenda!
❌ NO to LAUSD completely eliminating its equity programs while still funding police, surveillance, and private corporations.
And we are saying ❌ NO to LAUSD balancing the budget on the backs of Black and Brown youth! 🗣️

🔗 SIGN THE PETITION: http://bit.ly/stopthebsapcuts or link in our bio!

06/06/2026

🚨TAKE ACTION TO STOP THE CUTS ON BSAP + SENI!! 🚨

LAUSD has proposed a Fiscal Stabilization Plan, that if passed, it would result in hundreds of layoffs of BSAP Staff and the end of many programs, services, and supports that Black students and other historically underserved students rely on.

👉🏾Swipe to learn about the impacts & how we are fighting back.

We DEMAND no CUTS to BSAP + SENI!

❌ NO to LAUSD pushing a MAGA/white supremacist agenda!
❌ NO to LAUSD completely eliminating its equity programs while still funding police, surveillance, and private corporations.
And we are saying ❌ NO to LAUSD balancing the budget on the backs of Black and Brown youth! 🗣️

🔗 SIGN THE PETITION: http://bit.ly/stopthebsapcuts or link in our bio!  
✊🏿❤️✊🏾 Take action with us on June 12, June 16 AND June 23rd!

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http://www.studentsdeserve.org/

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