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Illustration by Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times: Blue, white and black drawing of students walking away from a bus and a man with a clipboard in the foreground.
Photo of the Capitol Building in Olympia by John Callery. The building is surrounded by evergreen trees.
Image by youth artist Kasama Smith: Illustrated letters with mountains, ocean, flowers and a tree against an orange background spell the word HOPE.
TeamChild Managing Attorney, Dan, is wearing a suit and tie and smiles into the camera.
Green Hill School is pictured with a concrete sculpture of a face in front of it. There is a yellow fire hydrant and a tree to the left. Black text in a green text box reads: Law Library Update, Green Hill School. TeamChild logo appears in lower right corner.
White text in a red thought bubble reads: "Court Costs Are Holding Me Back" - Debt Free Youth Justcie WA
Artwork, featuring an adult and a youth lying on a hillside in the moonlight, by Molly Costello with quotes by Miriame Kaba: Instead of trying to fix what we have, Abolition invites us to ask, "What can we imagine for ourselves and the world?" If we do this, "Boundless possibilities of a more just world await us."Molly Costello
3 young people sit in a classroom listening to someone speaking. White text reads: Youth Matters. Logo for Glover Empower Mentoring appears in upper left corner.
An adult and a young person look at a book together at a desk. They are smiling and another student sits behind them in the classroom.
3 photos show a youth prison with yellow caution tape in front, a school building with yellow sign that says Safe Space, and a young person in silhouette at a desk. The TeamChild logo appears at the bottom next to the word POLICY spelled out on scrabble tiles.
A young person is pictured looking out a window up towards the sky. Text above in blue reads 988. White text reads: 24/7 Crisis & Support. Know Your Rights - New Laws and Resources
Image by young artist and TeamChild supporter R Lesli - a person in profile with their dark hair pulled back in braids and wearing a large gold hoop earring. There are rainbow colors in between the braids.
Infographic from Juvenile Law Center - Text reads: Future Interrupted - How Juvenile Records Disproportionately Affect Youth of Color. A red and orange pie chart shows that Two thirds of incarcerated youth are youth of color. There are icons of a house, a briefcase and a diploma below text reading: Records are often used to screen applications. Having a juvenile record can prevent a young person from 1) Getting Housing 2) Finding a Stable Job 3) Going to College
The word POLICY is spelled out on wooden blocks; to the upper right is a drawing of a hand and finger pressing a computer key with the word POST. Against a green background, a photo shows a young man in silhouette studying at a desk. A red car drives into frame behind him. Additional black and white text reads News Update.
Light text on a blackboard reads: Ask Youth! 2 young people read books together. Orange text on blue background reads: A Movement Lawyering Approach to Education Inequities in the Wake of COVID
The word POLICY is spelled out on wooden blocks. Above, a building and lawn are pictured behind a closed gate. The sign on the gate reads: State of Washington - Department of Social and Health Services - Naselle Youth Camp. To the right of the photo there is an illustration of a hand and finger pushing a computer key with the word POST. TeamChild logo appears below.
A building and lawn are pictured behind a closed gate. The sign on the gate reads: State of Washington - Department of Social and Health Services - Naselle Youth Camp.
The State Capitol buiding in Olympia is pictured against a blue sky with clouds - there are trees and a walkway with flowers in the foreground.
Blue text outlined with white quotation marks reads: Without community, there is no liberation. Audre Lord's name appears below.
Color illustration of a young person staring out beyond a picture of some trees at a park. There are 2 adults in the picture as well. From Clallam County Bar.
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