Our Schools are Not for Sale

Posted by on March 24, 2014

Join the Critical Educators for Social Justice (CESJ) of the American Educational Research Association for a Free Community Event

Philadelphia teachers, parents,students, and communities discuss their fight to ensure public school education is well resourced, high quality, and available to all.

Panelists will share how local communities are responding to a year of unprecedented attacks, including the closing of 24 schools, layoffs of hundreds of teachers and counselors, and the elimination of school libraries, art, music, and sports programs.

Saturday, April 5, 2014

2-4 p.m. Panel Discussion

Friends Center
1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Panelists

Quanisha M. Smith is Co-Executive Director of ACTION United, Pennsylvania’s largest community organization of low to moderate-income families.

Brendon Jeremi Jobs teaches at Girard Academic Music Program. He is a Core Team organizing member of Teacher Action Group (TAG). As a TAG member, he has worked to organize Inquiry to Action groups (ItAGs) across the city to foster energy around teachers filling in needed gaps in their professional development.

Kia Hinton is a mother of four; three of which attend Philadelphia’s public schools. She’s a parent leader, co-chair of the education committee, and chairwoman of the state board at Action United.

Chikae Williamson is a junior at Olney Charter High School and has been a Youth United for Change leader for two years. Chikae also represents YUC and Philadelphia in the national Alliance for Educational Justice as a Youth Justice Corps leader.

Kelli Ross is a senior at Benjamin Franklin High School and a member of the Philadelphia Student Union (PSU).

Jacqueline Pinkston teaches at Taylor Elementary and was a part of the successful campaign to keep their school open when the district put it on their proposed closure list in 2013.

Andrew Saltz teaches at Robeson High School was a part of the successful campaign to keep their school open when the district put it on their proposed closure list in 2013.

Totiana Myers is a Junior at Robeson High School and was a part of the successful campaign to keep their school open when the district put it on their proposed closure list in 2013.