On Thursday the 23rd, we were very lucky to receive a visit from Candis Toliver from the NYCLU. Earlier, when we had visited the NYCLU, she had offered to visit our class. It took a while to set up the visit, but eventually we agreed on a time. It was actually funny because earlier that week had some of the high schoolers talk about their experiences with stop and frisk. So the students who came to middle school meeting ended up coming to listen to Candis with us. She told us big of a issue this has become and how being stopped by the police has become a right of passage for young African American teens. She said that because this is such a big issue people need to know their rights. Many of the things that she taught us we already knew. One thing that we didn’t know were our rights. She focused the workshop in knowing your rights which is a big issue in New York. All of the information that Candis gave us will be helpful for the teach in
