[Educationforall] FW: [SouthernCaliCoalition] Fwd: [Ed4All] National Press Release - March Month of Actions - Out today Forward and send to press

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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:59:08 -0800
Subject: [SouthernCaliCoalition] Fwd: [Ed4All] National Press Release - March Month of Actions - Out today Forward and send to press
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From: Wesley Strong <wcstrong at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Subject: [Ed4All] National Press Release - March Month of Actions - Out today Forward and send to press
To: defend-education at googlegroups.com, ed4all <Ed4All at googlegroups.com>

http://www.defendpubliceducation.org/?q=pressrelease1

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
STUDENTS AND WORKERS TO TAKE PART IN NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION MARCH 2ND, KICK OFF MONTH OF ESCALATING ACTIONS, SPRING SEMESTER
Press Contacts:

Will Klatt Ohio/Midwest
614-915-8896
will.b.klatt at gmail.com

Wes Strong
National Organizing
860-916-2761
wcstrong at gmail.com

Larry Hales
New York City
720-979-9491
hcrazycat at yahoo.com

Crystal Sudano California
619-922-2355
statewidecoordination at gmail.com
National Website: http://defendpubliceducation.org
On March 2nd, students throughout the country will take part in a national day of action to defend public education. Actions are expected in several states including California, Georgia, New York, and elsewhere. With a reported $125 billion budget gap in state budgets this coming year, students are gearing up to wage a serious fight back against continued austerity measures put on the backs of students and workers.
March 2nd, the third national day of action following March 4, 2010 and October 7th, 2010, will be the kickoff of a month of escalating actions through March, consolidating in a national day of walkouts and strikes on March 31st. Students are also supporting major anti-war actions on March 19, April 9 and 10, actions in defense of Ethnic Studies programs, and actions onMarch 11 in solidarity with striking students at the University of Puerto Rico. Students are actively coordinating with international efforts, taking part in the Spring of Resistance Project, part of the International Student Movement Platform.
Over the past few months, we have seen major actions take place in the Wisconsin, Tunisia, Egypt, and across the Arab world. The role of youth in these struggles has inspired many students in this country to step up our efforts to fight back against this economic crisis. On top of these actions, students in the United Kingdom and Puerto Rico have shown us how we must fight back. Students in the UK and Puerto Rico have been bold – and it is this bold action that students in the US want to bring to their campuses. If we are to learn anything from the struggle in Wisconsin, we must be bold if we want to win.
The massive budget deficits states have faced over the past few years were caused by decades of tax breaks for the rich, attacks on students and workers, the continuation of wars and occupation overseas. The continued wars and occupations have costs communities schools, healthcare, jobs, and much more. Martin Luther King Jr. once said that the bombs dropped in Vietnam explode at home – and this holds true today. 
March 2nd is just the beginning of a much bigger fightback that students and workers are gearing up to wage. Students plan to continuing organizing throughout the spring semester to inspire fellow students into action and begin to strengthen a national movement to defend public education.
 For questions or to interview students in your area, contact Wes Strong 860-916-2761
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Wes Strong
860 916 2761

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