Cultivative Coalition in the News

"I think it's important for everyone to be out here and let the school district know that they need more training, more intervention, for these bullying incidents, and these racist or discriminatory incidents as well."

- Casaiya Keyser, CoFounder of Cultivative Coalition

“I think a big ask that we have for the school district is that they hold an open forum for the community to come and tell them what they need.”

- Casaiya Keyser, CoFounder of Cultivative Coalition

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"It's very much a culture of... 'what happens here, stays here."

Casaiya Keyser, Cultivative Coalition CoFounder

“A lot of people are recognizing themselves in my clients, and in the story that we’re telling about what’s going on in these different schools.”

Elisabeth Lambert, ACLU Equal Justice Fellow

“I felt like I was fighting the world by myself and Hazel felt like she was fighting the world by herself.”

Casaiya Keyser on the formation of Cultivative Coalition

“Students should not have to fear being harassed while they are simply trying to get an education, and the Chippewa Falls School District owes a welcoming and safe environment to its students.”

- Cultivative Coalition

“While we are disappointed in the decision by the district, we are confident that our appeal to DPI will prove what we have known all along: that the district has and continues to tolerate a hostile and unsafe environment for marginalized students. Regardless, Cultivative Coalition will continue to advocate for those whose voices and concerns are often overlooked.”

Hazel Behling, Cultivative Coalition Co-Founder

DPI chastised the District for failing to “investigate the complaint’s allegations to determine whether facts exist that are sufficient to find a hostile environment.” DPI warned the District that any future investigations “must make this important initial finding.” - ACLU of Wisconsin