SOS - Support Our Students

Passing along: Inaugural meeting of South Davis Families Against Hate tomorrow @ noon, in Foxboro and virtual. On Facebook

Knowledge Empowers Empathy; Knowledge of our past, of our peers, and of our potential.

Teniendo en cuenta la reciente entrevista de radio con Radio West, nos gustaría presentarnos a nuestros nuevos seguidores. Somos Soporte o Estudiantes, o SOS. ¡Puede leer nuestra declaración de misión y principios aquí! Síganos para obtener actualizaciones sobre eventos locales y oportunidades para aprender y educar a otros, así como recursos para que todos nos eduquemos.

In light of the recent radio interview with Radio West, we'd like to introduce ourselves to our new followers. We are Support or Students, or SOS. You can read our mission statement and principles here! Please follow us for updates on local events and opportunities to learn and educate others, as well as resources for us all to educate ourselves.

Today two SOS members, Steve Swensen and Darryl Stamp, alongside two students of color Jones and Martindale, were interviewed on Radiowest regarding racism and education here in Davis County. If you missed it, you can listen to the whole hour long segment here.

https://radiowest.kuer.org/post/what-happening-davis-county-school-district

We are proud of both Tamyah and Brynn for being vulnerable and speaking their truth to their experiences and recommend everyone give it a listen.

What Is Happening In The Davis County School District? A Department of Justice report released in October detailed “serious and widespread” racist behavior against Black and Asian-American students in Utah’s

SOS members Steve Swensen and Darryl Stamp along with two Davis County students of color will be guests on tomorrow’s edition of Radiowest. Please tune in for an important conversation on racism and education in Davis County Schools.

You can listen at 90.1FM at 11:00AM MTN or online. You can find more info here: https://www.kuer.org/listen

SOS is a community group for all Utahns we formed recently to give voice to the many people we hear from who do not like the tone in our schools or our community, do not want to see racism, but DO want their children to be taught perspective and empathy and support for others, yet who don't know how to speak up.

Joining SOS is how you can speak up! Watch the news story below to hear from a couple of our parents about how we can all be part of the solution.

Parents organize to demand Davis County schools confront racism, discrimination Even before the US Department of Justice investigation into the handling of racism and discrimination at the Davis School District and the recent su***de of 10-year-old Izzy Tichenor of North Salt Lake, parents were organizing to confront racism in the community and in schools. Now, those parents, w...

Other parent groups these days are giving school boards the FINGER—let’s give them a HAND instead 😉The influence of the common sense mainstream is being erased in our local school boards. Local school boards have become a battleground for national politics. Several of our school board members here in Utah have experienced threats and must now be provided increased personal security in their daily lives. Several local school boards meetings have been taken over by certain contingents. SOS believes there is a silent majority of community members who don’t like the way things are going, and recognizes that it’s time for that majority to raise its voice in peaceful and respectful discourse. (See link in Linktr.ee in. bio to read about the trend of national politics taking over local school board issues.)

Our website is under construction, but check back soon for resources and information. commonsensesupport.org (see link in bio for actual link)