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Reverend Barber and We Believe it is Possible. Part I Reverend Barber, Board Member of the NAACP, passionately spoke recently at the Organizing Summit, on October 4, 2013. EmpathyEducates is privileged to present snippets of his speech. Doctor Reverend Barber proclaims, "Change Comes When We Find A [...]

We are More Than Concerned Parents We are Civic Activists Chicago parents wonder and say aloud, "How are our children going to succeed in life without the proper tools to achieve?" This is one of the many questions citizen parents ask Mayor Rahm Emanuel. There are many [...]

Reverend Barber; The Truth of Who We Are; We Are All Human National Day for Dignity and Respect: October 4th STAND TOGETHER FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM! On October 4, 2013, a broad and diverse group of educators students parents joined together for a rally and march. We listened [...]

Download Flyer (English) | Download Flyer (Español) Join thousands of community and union members to launch a powerful shared economic justice platform.TAKE BACK CHICAGOOctober 15th UIC Forum 725 W Roosevelt Rd Chicago, Illinois 60607 5pm Rally and March 6-7:30pm Meeting Participating organizations include: Action Now • AFSCME [...]

Service Employees International United [SEIU] and the National Action Network invite one and all to join the National Day for Dignity and Respect: October 5th
 STAND TOGETHER FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM!On October 5, 2013, the broadest and most diverse movement in our country right now will bring together [...]

Arrested For Zero Tolerance “The scariest part was probably being handcuffed.” By all accounts Kyle Thompson is a normal 14-year old kid who loves playing football and hanging out with his friends. His principal says [...]

School-Prison-To-Pipeline – The Civil Liberties Challenge The ACLU is committed to challenging the "school to prison pipeline," a disturbing national trend wherein children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. [...]

Milwaukee's public school system, already hit hard by devastating budget cuts and teacher firings, has become the next big urban school system to be targeted for privatization. MPS, the home of the nation's first crippling school voucher system, is now threatened with a New Orleans-style [...]

Originally Published at Advancement Project. September 3, 2013 What Is The School-To-Prison-Pipeline? We are facing a crisis. Across the country, students are being suspended, expelled, shuffled off to disciplinary alternative schools, and even arrested for minor misbehavior or trivial actions like being late or [...]