Organizing for Educational Justice for All – May 13, 2014 in Videos

We are reclaiming our public schools. We demanding that the promise of Brown versus Board of Education be fulfilled. We are tired of being sick and tired. No longer will we allow patents and teachers to be pitted against each other. No longer will we allow our schools to be closed, our neighborhoods to be destabilized. No longer will we allow our children to be over-tested. No longer will we allow hard-school-based discipline policies to affect children of color! Zero Tolerance has to end. No longer will we allow the reckless standards of corporate education. And we will keep Public Education Public!

Today we came to the all the way from Philadelphia 60 Years After– Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education May 13, 2014

Today we came to the all the way from Philadelphia to tell the department of Justice and the Supreme Court that to close our schools is a violation of our rights. We do not have the resources. We do not have the staff. Textbooks are denied. There are no funds for paper. As American children we have a right to have the tools needed to secure a quality education. Sixty years ago, the Supreme Court affirmed this is our right! But somehow, the call to education us all was averted. It is time to go back so that we might secure a healthy future. America, Reclaim the Promise of Public Education. Let’s March together on this Journey For Justice!

America See Our Children, see all of our children. We know that as a nation, every time we think of education we think of our youth. Public Education serves all the young, equally. That is our charge, to nourish the children’s minds, bodies, and dreams. Sixty years ago, the Supreme Court affirmed the nation’s vision; we as Americans stand united and say loudly, “Separate is Not Equal!” Every child must be encouraged. The tools our young need must be furnished. Sixty years ago, we decided to work together, or at least most of us did. We were intent on providing the best for our youth. But those whose interest lied in privation stalled the mission. Indeed, privatizers took public education off the tracks. It is time to get back on the Equal Education train. Join Us and Reclaim the Promise of Public Education.

Randi Weingarten, “The Community Needs to Rise Up Together and Say: 60 Years After– Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education May 13, 2014

Great Public Neighborhood Schools! No Education No life. We got to fight for our rights!

Education is a Right! It is time we end inequities.: 60 Years After– Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education May 13, 2014

This country does not care about all of its children. We need to change that right now! That is why we gather, why we present our case to the courts…to the Department of Justice. We are on a Journey For Justice. We will Reclaim the Promise of Excellent Public Education for all of our children. Our Young Deserve an equal Opportunity to Learn!

In Solidarity…Sixty Years After Brown Versus Board We are Still Fighting: 60 Years After– Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education May 13, 2014

In solidarity we fight for equal, equitable schools. The struggle continues sixty years after Brown versus Board of Education. We take it to the streets, to the Department of Justice. Schools have experienced Death By a Thousand Cuts…This cannot continue.

Aquila Griffin, Dyett High School, Chicago Student Denied Equal Education: 60 Years After– Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education May 13, 2014

Aquila Griffin, Dyett High School student shared how Chicago Public Schools slated her school for closure and how schools in low-income communities of color offer inferior education.
The protesters then marched to the Department of Justice to file Title VI complaints detailing the harm that corporate reform strategies have on schools and communities nationwide. Across the country, inequitable funding, mass school closures, charter expansion, over-testing and harsh discipline policies are undermining public education.
The Alliance To Reclaim Our Schools — May 13 Rally at the Supreme Court — The Struggle Continues May 13th Rally and March – The Journey for Justice To Reclaim the Promise of Public Education

Jitu Brown and The Journey For Justice Alliance The Actual Three Civil R…: 60 Years After– Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education May 13, 2014

Jitu Brown and The Journey For Justice Alliance The Actual Three Civil Rights Complaints Delivery.. After a March from the Supreme Court we deliver and assert…Whose Schools? Our Schools!!!
Just like a tree standing by the waters, we shall not be moved!
What do we want? Education! Equal and Equitable for all!!
The Alliance To Reclaim Our Schools — May 13 Rally at the Supreme Court — The Struggle Continues May 13th Rally and March – The Journey for Justice To Reclaim the Promise of Public Education

Brothers and Sisters You are the Civil Rights Movement!: 60 Years After– Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education May 13, 2014

Jitu Brown and The Journey For Justice Alliance After The Three Civil Rights Were Delivered. The struggle continues. Brothers and sister you are the civil rights movement. There has been a void. We are filling that void. Go back to your cities. Continue your campaign. This is not a game. We are not here for press clippings…
~ Jitu Brown
Continue to organize. We are going to make this a human rights issue… When I say Journey you say Justice. Journey – Justice