31 Ayleen and Ximena on School Safety and Student Advocacy during Omicron Spikes

School board meetings have become politicized, teacher unions and mayors embattled, and teacher have been called unprintable names.  But what happens when it is the students who decide to fix what they perceive to be a dangerous environment.  Ayleen and Ximena organized a district wide petition for students to strike by not showing up to school if demands for a safer environment are not met.  Student agency and advocacy in Oakland, California.