Friend --
Crumbling ceilings. Classes of 30+ students. Charter
schools that siphon millions of dollars away from our public schools.
These are just a few things
Oakland teachers and students are up against. They won significant
gains this May with their historic strike, and we had their backs. But
school privatizers are entrenching their power by preventing a
labor-backed majority on the Oakland School Board, and they’ve already
got a charter-backed candidate lined up. We’ve got to stand with
teachers and students by taking back the School Board, and that starts
with electing Sasha Ritzie-Hernandez this November. Pitch
in to help East Bay DSA elect Sasha now!
Who is Sasha? If
you haven’t met her at a picket line or canvass yet, you should know
she’s an organizer first. She stood on the line with
Oakland teachers this May and recruited other families to support the
strike. She’s got the
endorsement of East Bay DSA and Oakland Education Association. Most
importantly, she’s been through Oakland’s public school system as an
Afro-Latina immigrant, so she knows first-hand what it’s like to be a
bilingual student navigating a system that throws up roadblocks for
working families. That’s why she’s running on a platform that
includes:
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Paying educators fairly, so teachers can afford to stay in Oakland
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No school closures and no new charter schools, so schools serve working families, not the
billionaires
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Engaging with school communities, so parents can have a real impact on their
children’s schools
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Safe schools, so
schools serve students of color and working-class students, rather
than trying to solve safety issues with more police
Pitch
in to help EBDSA get Sasha elected >>
Friend, Sasha is from a
working-class family, and she’s lived in Oakland’s Fruitvale
neighborhood for years. She knows that if Oakland teachers are facing
impossible conditions at work, they're going to leave our schools, so
she’s ready to fight like hell to improve their working conditions.
But Sasha has faced harsh criticism for having had the
audacity to support the OEA strike. The monied forces arrayed against her are ready to fight tooth
and nail to prevent her election. They’re right to be scared, because
Sasha’s win would create a labor-supported majority on
the Oakland board.
But you know all of us in East Bay
DSA have her back!
Contribute
today to help us elect Sasha and create a
labor-backed majority on the Oakland School Board.
An endorsement from us doesn’t just mean an op-ed
somewhere. We’re knocking on
doors, making calls, and talking daily with her campaign. Because if
you’ve ever worked on one of our electoral campaigns, you know we’re
in it to win it.
But those efforts come with hard costs.
For us to keep doing this work, to pay for textbanks,
phonebanks, canvass materials, and more, we need your
support.
Chip
in now to help us pull off a campaign in support of Sasha
>>
Thank you for everything that you
do. Now let's go elect Sasha!
In solidarity,
Quinn
Costello
East Bay DSA