An expert on race, education and family and as director of the Mansfield Institute, Dalmage has been a leading advocate for providing essential services to youth with disabilities who are caught up in the Cook County Juvenile Justice system.
Since 2012, she has run a juvenile diversion program in conjunction with probation officers at the Cook County Juvenile Court building. The Mansfield Institute office also has been engaged in ongoing research about juveniles with disabilities and a liaison between youth and families seeking special-education services and resources, as well as providers, advocates and schools.
As a District 428 school board member, Dalmage will have a say in education for students being held within the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice.
“I know I will have a learning curve in front of me in this position, but I look forward to doing all I can to continue to challenge structural inequalities while addressing the needs of the most disadvantaged youths so they can have a chance to receive the services they need in order to have a future with hope rather than prison,” she said.
Dalmage was appointed to the District 428 board by the Illinois State Board of Education. Her three-year term begins in August.
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