Please watch this short two minute video created by Michael Elliot – 2 School Districts, 1 Ugly Truth.
In our fight for justice for ALL children, this inequitable funding machine has got to be taken down. The fight is happening here in CT, in TX, and all across our nation. The answer is not more technology for the poorer districts. The answer is updated facilities, smaller classroom sizes, and well-prepared and supported teachers.
Please help spread this very vital message and help bring down a funding system that encourages the “haves” to have more and the “have nots” to be fed cheap online quick fixes.
Thanks to Superintendent John Kuhn and NPE for speaking up for education.
The Opt Out movement needs to become more than just a rebellion against high stakes testing. The Opt Out movement needs to fight the injustices of so-called education reforms that strip our children and our teachers of their humanity.
Please watch and share this video created by Michael Elliot and Shoot4Education if you are in agreement.
From Principal Jamaal Bowman opening The Call to Educational Justice Conference in NYC, October 17th, 2015:
“Our Work is About Two Things – Children and Love – and not just love of children, obviously, but the love of the world, a love of the work, a love of our future, and most importantly, a love for ourselves.”
Film-maker Michael Elliot has once again captured a defining moment in the battle to save our children and restore humanity to our educational systems.
Please share this video and comment on the FaceBook page.If you like the message and want to spread the word you have to SHARE IT! Tag it in your comments with names of friends you want to see it. That will get the message to reach MUCH FURTHER!
Poetic Justice would like to see this video touch 100,000 viewers.
Let love lead the way – it is and always was ALL ABOUT THE CHILDREN!
This piece and video are reblogged from a Huffington Post piece by film maker Michael Elliot. This is a cause near and dear to my heart. Recovering from addiction is like being born anew. It is a miracle and a thing to celebrate, not a thing to avoid and shun. Let us all UNITE TO FACE ADDICTION! Let us all END THE SILENCE!
Please watch the live event tomorrow from 4 to 8 PM EST.
Today, the health crisis of addiction cuts across so many other issues we face. It’s a social justice issue with mass incarcerations overflowing our expanding prison industrial complex. It’s an education issue because it affects children in such incredible numbers, and is one of the most profound killers of young people in this country. It’s a political crisis because politicians lack the knowledge and courage to take action. Addiction takes a terrible toll on families, on our health care system, on the economy and on the vitality of our youth. Currently we treat addiction like a moral failing, like an issue of personal responsibility rather than treating it like the disease it is.
Addiction to alcohol and other drugs is a public health crisis impacting more than 85 million Americans. Today is the day we begin facing addiction. We stand with thousands of others on the National Mall to #UNITEtoFaceAddiction and end the silence on addiction, along with Joe Walsh, Steven Tyler, Sheryl Crow, The Fray, Jason Isbell, John Rzeznik and more special guests. Watch history unfold live: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/2yJ3N2cjfjp
Here is an interview with Jitu Brown about the critical lens through which we need to see our children, especially our brown and black and most at-risk children.
Are our children commodities to control, or are our children precious gifts to treasure and protect?
Film maker Michael Eliot captures the heart of the hunger strike in this short video. Please watch and share.
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