Protecting Students, Building Power November is Transgender Awareness Month, a time to turn visibility into action. Across Arizona, students and families are pushing back against efforts to erase inclusion, from Peoria’s vote to ban DEI programs to state leaders rolling back equity in schools. At the same time, local voters approved key bonds that keep public schools open and funded, proving that communities still believe in education for all. This week’s postcard highlights

Each November, Transgender Awareness Month invites us to celebrate the resilience, creativity, and brilliance of trans people—and to confront the forces that continue to deny them dignity and safety. In classrooms across Arizona and across the country, trans students are showing what courage looks like every day. They navigate policies that erase their names, bathrooms that deny their existence, and adults who debate their right to belong. Yet they persist, organize, and buil

PHOENIX, AZ - Just Schools strongly condemns yesterday's Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to restrict gender markers on U.S. passports, forcing individuals to list their sex assigned at birth rather than a marker that aligns with their lived identity. “This decision isn’t just about passports; it’s about the right to live freely and authentically,” said Carol Tappenden, Executive Director of Just Schools. “Transgender people know exactly who they are.