Dear friend, The recent decision to close all public schools in response to the COVID19 health crisis has revealed just how important public schools are to community well-being. It is critical that we use this moment to honor public education and collectively commit to a plan that centers, and properly fund, the needs of educators, students, and working families. Join our upcoming UnKoch K-12 webinar to be a part of designing this plan! The Koch network’s decades-long campaign of fiscal austerity, privatization, and punitive accountability is harming children of color, educators, and working class families. On this upcoming webinar, we will: - Hear from a current educator about the biggest challenges K12 teachers and students are facing within the public school system;
- Connect those challenges to the Koch network’s privatization agenda;
- Review the tactics teachers are using to fight for and protect public K-12 education;
- Discuss the ways in which educators, students, parents, and supporters can join the growing movement to defend public education from the interests of the wealthy elite.
Join us on April 7th at 3:00pm ET for this critical discussion. A Q&A will follow the presentation. | |
In solidarity, Samantha Parsons | |
UnKoch My Campus is a cooperative campaign dedicated to disrupting corporate influence on campuses nationwide by equipping campus activists with education, skills, and ecosystems of solidarity. The Koch network is leveraging its donations to colleges and universities to bolster its corporate agenda to halt action on climate change, put hundreds of thousands of people in prison, deny millions of people healthcare, and strip rights and wages from workers globally. We're building a mass movement of young people who are dedicated to disrupting this harm. | |
