On Friday, October 13, join The Network for Public Education Action and KPFA radio for a critical conversation between Network for Public Education (NPE) President, Diane Ravitch and Network for Public Education (NPE) Action Board Member, Jitu Brown.
Diane Ravitch is the author of eleven books on education, including the best-selling Death and Life of the Great American School System, which sparked national resistance to corporate and market-based education “reform.” In addition to serving as President of NPE and NPE Action, Diane is a Research Professor at New York University and a historian of education.
Jitu Brown is a long-time community organizer born on Chicago’s south side. He is a product of Chicago’s public school system and a proud parent and husband. Jitu started volunteering for the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (KOCO), the oldest black-led organizing community based organization in Chicago in 1991.
In his role as National Director for J4J, he leads an alliance of grassroots community, youth, and parent-led organizations in 23 cities across the country that demand community-driven alternatives to the privatization of and dismantling of public school systems. He has brought great energy and focus to the connection between the attacks on public education and the disempowerment of African American communities all across the country.
He was one of 12 parents, grandparents and community members who put their bodies on the line in a 34-day long hunger strike to save Walter H. Dyett High School in Chicago, the last open enrollment High School in the historic Bronzeville community.
Jitu and Diane will discuss U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ continued attempt to dismantle and corporatize America’s public education system and the #WeChoose campaign, a national coalition composed of powerful education justice organizations. The #WeChoose campaign includes: Network for Public Education, BadAss Teachers Association, Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, The Advancement Project, the Education Justice Network, Alliance for Education, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, Dignity in Schools, Save Our Schools, Institute for Democratic Education in America and Journey for Justice Alliance, whose combined membership represents millions of Americans. Campaign members are joining forces to hold Congress and the Administration accountable in the upcoming education budget hearings.
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Hi Diane Please share your notes, if possible. Jack
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Jack,
The session will be live-streamed. I have no notes.
C-SPAN/BookTV may be interested in it? They say they are always looking for such meetings and presentations. Can someone from your group contact them?
Will do
Wow. Gang busters…perhaps literally.
I did not know about this;
The #WeChoose campaign includes: Network for Public Education, BadAss Teachers Association, Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, The Advancement Project, the Education Justice Network, Alliance for Education, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, Dignity in Schools, Save Our Schools, Institute for Democratic Education in America and Journey for Justice Alliance, whose combined membership represents millions of Americans. Campaign members are joining forces to hold Congress and the Administration accountable in the upcoming education budget hearings.
Budgets matter, but policies driving the budgets matter too. There in is the bigger political challenge
Diane What can I say–just what is needed!
Cross posted at https://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Oakland-Jitu-Brown-and-I-in-Best_Web_OpEds-Diane-Ravitch_Education_GrassRoots_Organizations-171011-114.html
with this comment:
If you are in Oakland …gO! If you cannot, listen to KPFA radio at 7:30 PM.
We need our schools to teach who we are, and what our Constitution really means. This video by Richard Dreyfus nails what happens when the media and propaganda instruct our citizens because the schools are being dismantled… It is wonderful… don’t miss this!
I met Richard Dreyfuss, when he was made a Mason in Washington DC. He introduced the Dreyfuss initiative. See
https://thedreyfussinitiative.org/
Charles,
I was part of the Dreyfuss Initiative. I met with Richard for two hours. Please stop bringing this up for the umpteenth time.
Great video thanks Susan, I’d not seen it before. Not bad for a Canadian ;-). Posted it on FB for friends to watch.
That’s what is needed. Like minded groups joining together to fight the corporate takeover of public education. I hope the black churches know about this opportunity to hear the two of you. Somebody should hang up notices in local supermarkets to encourage concerned members of the community to attend. Parents really need to know what is at stake.
Yeah!!! Terrific.
I’ll be protesting Betsy DeVos at the Washington “Policy” Center dinner sponsored by Starbucks that evening. Hope there are transcriptions/recordings.
Jitu is the best! Sorry I can’t be there this year. He knows the Chicago case inside out. Don’t forget us librarians when you are talking – less than 25% of CPS schools have us now. Steady decline under Rahm.
Just got my tix. Looking forward to it. Thx.