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PTA Listening Circles Split by Race, Lawyers Cite Segregation Violation
6/11/2026
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Story summary
- PTA-led Listening Circles with Liberation Spaces were called segregation by legal experts.
- P.S. 003 Charrette School in Manhattan set a June 16 workshop that split participants into BIPOC and white groups.
- Civil-rights lawyer William Jacobson said the segregation violates Brown v. Board and federal civil-rights statutes.
- Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon warned the U.S. President Donald Trump administration could scrutinize the program.
