[Educationforall] An Invitation from Educate for the Future

[Michelle Krug]

*Thanks for passing this on Jim:)  I would love to see Richard Barrera as
one of the presenters at either the 3pm or 4pm Rally.  As I'm sure you know
(but others may not) he is a very down to earth, dynamic speaker with a
plethora of real life examples that always touch and inspire people greatly.
*
*In solidarity,*
*Michelle*


On 2/20/10, Jim Miller <jmiller at sdccd.edu> wrote:
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>  Hi All,
> FYI, This is a call from Educate for the Future a local group of community
> organizers.  Kelly and I attend their weekly meetings.  They are a great
> group largely focused on K-12 cuts but supportive of our efforts as well.
> Doug Porter from this group is one of the prospective speakers for the 3:00
> rally.  He is a long-time local activist and parent.  Here is their website.
> http://educate4future.org/.  In my estimation they are one of the best
> things going in SD at present--a smart, welcoming, and inclusive coalition
> of folks.  I think they fine allies to have.
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> All best, Jim Miller, AFT
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> To: Supporter of Public Education
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> From: Educate for the Future
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> Re: Invitation to Coalition meeting on Wednesday, February 24 at 6pm
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> Dear friends:
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> Educate for the Future (EFF), a community based education reform alliance
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> parents, teachers, students and community leaders which was convened by
> Current Board of Education President, Richard Barrera, is working on
> building a local education coalition to fight the Governor¹s education
> agenda, and to demand an immediate stop to the drastic and decimating cuts
> in the last two years and the proposed cuts for the 2010-2011 school year.
> These cuts are threatening to undermine the District¹s mission of providing
> our students the services and education they deserve.
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> We are planning a May 8 March/Rally and other actions to put the Governor
> and other politicians in Sacramento on notice that we are not going to
> acquiesce to their lack of political will to use the different options at
> their disposal to find the necessary revenues we need to educate our
> students in San Diego County and in the SDUSD District in particular. The
> EFF alliance believes that in the richest state in the nation and the
> seventh economy in the world, the magnitude of the education cuts can¹t be
> tolerated. In fact, this level of cuts endangers the viability of educating
> our students.
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> Educate for the Future is calling on your organization to join us and
> become
> a member of the San Diego Education Coalition Against the Cuts in
> Education.
> We will be holding a coalition meeting on Wednesday February 24 at 6:00
> p.m., at the office the Equality Alliance at 3750 30th St., (South of
> University Ave. in North Park), to talk about the steps to organize a
> massive and successful event on May 8, 2010. We are seeking your
> endorsement
> and/or active participation in the building of the May 8 March/Rally to
> oppose the cuts. For any further information, please contact Ramón Espinal
> at respinal1 at cox.net, (619) 282-4558, or Ken Msemaji at kjsm2nd at yahoo.com.
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> Thank you and we are looking forward to seeing you or a representative from
> your organization on Wednesday February 24 at the above place and time.
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> In solidarity,
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> Ramón Espinal, teacher and community organizer, and
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> Ken Seatton Msemaji, union leader and community organizer.
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