April is “National Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month” and the rally was to raise awareness of the harmful and abusive practice of “School Corporal Punishment” while calling on Tennessee lawmakers to take action to abolish school corporal punishment in the state of Tennessee (already prohibited in Nashville schools and schools in 31 U.S. states), to ensure EQUAL access to safe and healthy learning environments for ALL Tennessee school children.
End Corporal Punishment in Schools: Grassroots Efforts Meet A Movement From the Fashion World
Twenty states still allow children to be beaten (paddled) as a form of school discipline. The disproportionate numbers of African American boys and girls, and children with disabilities who are hit by teachers calls into question whether–and if–corporal punishment can be used fairly at all.