Interesting group of other "parents" on their email list. More chaos creation. Stay tuned ...
Will Firing Superintendent Tata Stop the School to Prison
Pipeline?
Saturday October 6 Students Across the Triangle Will March From Washington
Elementary to Central Prison to End School Push-Out
Raleigh, NC -- On
Saturday October 6, NC HEAT (Heroes Emerging Among Teens) will march and rally
as part of Dignity In School's National Week of Action Against School Push-Out.
Students, educators, families and public education advocates will gather
at Washington GT Magnet Elementary School for a speak out and press conference,
then march to Central Prison. The event will raise awareness of the issues and
policies that contribute to North Carolina’s school to prison pipeline and
school push-out.
Press Conference at 4:30p at Washington
Elementary (1000 Fayetteville St., Raleigh, NC)
Closing Rally, Speak Out & Participatory
Cultural Event at 6:00p at Central Prison
This action is part of Dignity in School's
National Week of Action on School Push-out, September 29 to October 6, 2012.
Throughout the week, thousands of parents, students, educators and education
advocates will take part in student-led actions and events around the country
to expose the school push-out crisis and advocate for the human rights of every
young person and student to a quality education and to be treated with dignity.
NC HEAT FACEBOOK EVENT
NC HEAT
WEBSITE
“We need to work together to turn schools into
places where kids feel safe, and not hunted,” said Qasima Wideman, a junior at
Cary High School and member of NC HEAT.
“As we say good-bye to Anthony Tata, who showed
through his actions that he was more concerned about partisanship and proximity
than he was with equity, we need to think about what kind of values &
priorities we as students want to see in the next Wake County superintendent.
We demand an open process and meaningful input from students, educators,
and families when hiring this person. We demand someone who will work hard
to end policies that lead to push-out in our schools and who is committed to
end the school to prison pipeline. We call for an end to school policies
that criminalize immigrant, LGBTQ youth, and youth of color,” said Monserrat
Alvarez, a founding member of NC HEAT.
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