Addressing School Discipline Disparities Through the Health Justice Framework
Researchers and advocates have long-documented the disparate punishment and policing of BIPOC students compared to their white peers.

Researchers and advocates have long-documented the disparate punishment and policing of BIPOC students compared to their white peers.

We encourage Congress to pass recently introduced legislation that allocates funding to the development of Medical-Legal Partnerships.

To us, health justice means change. Not cosmetic or peripheral change, but wide-scale, systemic change.

We can pave the way for our students to lead hospitals, courthouses, and statehouses in a collaborative pursuit of health justice.

Considering the cross-cutting nature of racism as a social determinant of health, medical-legal partnerships can and should address it directly.
