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Alex Ames

Youth Organizer

Alex Ames (she/her) is a sophomore at Georgia Tech studying public policy and radicalized violence in democracy spaces. She is co-founder and Communications Director of the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition, living and working on campus in Atlanta. Alex has organized with numerous democracy efforts in Georgia, from Senator Warnock\\\’s voter protection team to the #StudentsAgainstSonny campaign, and specializes in youth engagement. She has three younger siblings attending high school and two parents teaching science in Georgia\\\’s public schools.

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State Takeovers Don’t Work. How About Radically Increasing Support for Communities and Kids Instead?

The evidence that state takeovers don’t work keeps mounting.

Charter Schools aren’t Public Schools. Here’s Why We Need to Change That.

Charter schools have had it both ways when it comes to the public/private divide.

I Never Thought I’d Become a Public School Activist. Then Extremists Took Over the School Board.

I Never Thought I’d Become a Public School Activist. Then Extremists Took Over the School Board.

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