LA needs a seat!
If
you saw a person drowning, would you tell him to swim harder?* Of course not,
but that’s what policy makers are telling our schools. Struggling under decreased budgets and
increased competition, our public schools are left on their own and threatened
with closure. Yet every neighborhood deserves a great school.
Help me
represent public school parents at the Network for Public Education (NPE) national
conference in Austin, TX.
Public
Education has been hijacked and we are taking it back! Parents, teachers and
activists will gather with national leaders in public education for the first
annual conference of the NPE, an advocacy group
that fights to protect and strengthen our public schools as a civic value. NPE also
endorsed LA School Board member Monica Ratliff, attracting funding and national
attention to her critical campaign as well as elevating Los Angeles’s issues in
the national discussion about education.
As
an active parent, my efforts reach far beyond the schools my children attend. I’ve
written articles about education like here,
here,
here,
and here,
and am a reliable source for journalists, like here and here. I advocate for our students, teachers and families at the district, state
and federal level.
While
we watch New York’s new mayor undo the damage caused by the corporate privatization
agenda, we in Los Angeles are watching arts programs close down. We see a
school district ignoring public concerns and oversight warnings by agreeing to fund
$1 billion in testing technology with money that was intended to fix crumbling schools.
At
this conference, we will strategize on how to move policy, organize our diverse
and sprawling communities and we will make sure national leaders in the
movement to save public education have Los Angeles in mind when they return to
their work fighting for our schools.
It’s critical that
Los Angeles parents be represented at this urgent conference. Low cost sponsorship
will be recognized at the conference.
All we need
Here's my budget:
Conference registration $85
Accommodations $460
Air & ground transportation $410
LA Reception $200
Meals $100
The Impact
Your contribution makes a difference:
Your contribution ensures LA school parents are represented at this important conference.
Already a known voice on blogs and a reliable source to the news media, I'll meet face to face and make our case to people advancing the agenda for public education.
I'll bring back vital information that will carry us forward as we protect and promote public education in LA.
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