Support Teachers Against Child Detention! Speak Out!

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1. Mary Naylor says:

   January 2, 2019 at 4:27 pm

   This is THE issue today that most makes the soul of men tremble: The fact that not only are the children separated from their parent(s)/nurturing figure(s), but that WE are capable of such a cruel and irresponsible act. Again, the children may survive physically, but surely this is a great blow and shock to the child’s mental development. I speak as a retired teacher/mentor teacher (30 years an educator of preschool – elementary children.)

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   • Laura H. Chapman says:

     January 3, 2019 at 6:34 am

     i agree. Trump and his….. Wall is getting the attention, not the money this disaster is producing for contractors who are warehousing children and families who make it across the border, not the horrific threats to asylum seekers in their home countries.

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     • Mary Naylor says:

       May 27, 2019 at 3:08 am

       Good point.

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2. Michelle LaRowe says:

   January 3, 2019 at 11:33 am

   I went to the MoveOn sponsored protest about family separation of immigrants back in the summer.

   The majority of people who showed up were white (mostly women) and many were obviously church groups with people in their 50’s and up. That was who I saw besides plain clothes police officers and few of the angry protest-tons-of-stuff types who make protesting their hobby.

   The local TV station flew by in a helicopter but there was not a lot of media attention that I could tell.

   Sadly, although I’m grateful they organized it, MoveOn didn’t really do such a good job of conducting this protest and I told them so later in a feedback email.

   There were a couple of dynamic speakers but generally they were disappointingly young and not knowledgeable about getting people to take hard hitting action (boycotts work folks).

   The major message of the day from the MoveOn speakers was to get out and vote which was simply preaching to the choir, the people who showed up were already people who vote. (It’s not enough to just to vote).

   I will definitely support Teachers Against Detention. Some of the smartest people in our society are our teachers and if they can’t help on this issue then what chance do the rest of us have of getting this resolved?

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3. retiredbutmissthekids says:

   January 3, 2019 at 5:34 pm

   I have signed on. I forwarded the e-mail they’d sent me to our state retired teachers
   association, hoping they’ll spread the word.

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