Adam Heenan, a delegate for his school in the Chicago Teachers Union, thanks the readers of this blog for their many messages of support and solidarity. I urge you to read the link he provides to his blog:

Thank you all so much for the weeks of support messages sent our way via social and traditional media. It truly made the difference on my picket line, and was a topic of inspiration each of the seven days. I will be posting more at http://www.classroomsooth.wordpress.com when I get a chance to breathe, but now, I am reveling in lesson planning for tomorrow, and frankly, that feels really good, too.

“Blessed the Organizer who discovers the strength in wounds; blessed are the Agitators whose touch makes the dead walk.” – Thomas McGrath