“On These Grounds” is a film about a viral video that shows a white police officer in South Carolina pulling a Black teenager from her school desk and throwing her across the floor. The film features Healer-Activist Vivian Anderson, who uproots her life in New York City to move to South Carolina to support the girl and dismantle the system behind the assault at Spring Valley, including facing the police officer. 

Following the screening, I will host a panel discussion with Ruschelle Reuben, Chief of Teaching, Learning and Schools at Montgomery County Public Schools, Dwanna Nicole, Executive Director of the Restorative Justice Partnership, and students about the realities and alternatives to policing in schools.