Racial Bullying

In July 2024, Alexis Rickmers joined CLE as an Equal Justice Works Fellow. She addresses racial bullying in Massachusetts public schools through direct representation, Know Your Rights training, and working with school districts to implement race-responsive anti-bullying services. In the 2018-2019 school year, 5.2 million students ages 12 to 18 reported that they experienced some form of harassment or bullying in school, with one in four experiencing bullying related to their race and national origin. Alexis’s work seeks to help ensure that students of color don’t face hostile school environments that impede them from accessing the quality education to which they are entitled.