<div><strong><font face="verdana">Thanks for</font> 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.</strong></div>
<div><strong>In solidarity,</strong></div>
<div><strong>Michelle</strong><br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/20/10, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jim Miller</b> <<a href="mailto:jmiller@sdccd.edu">jmiller@sdccd.edu</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p><font size="2">Hi All,<br>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. <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://educate4future.org/" target="_blank">http://educate4future.org/</a>. 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. <br>
<br>All best, Jim Miller, AFT<br><br>To: Supporter of Public Education<br><br>From: Educate for the Future<br><br>Re: Invitation to Coalition meeting on Wednesday, February 24 at 6pm<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
Dear friends:<br><br><br><br>Educate for the Future (EFF), a community based education reform alliance of<br>parents, teachers, students and community leaders which was convened by<br>Current Board of Education President, Richard Barrera, is working on<br>
building a local education coalition to fight the Governor¹s education<br>agenda, and to demand an immediate stop to the drastic and decimating cuts<br>in the last two years and the proposed cuts for the 2010-2011 school year.<br>
These cuts are threatening to undermine the District¹s mission of providing<br>our students the services and education they deserve.<br><br><br><br>We are planning a May 8 March/Rally and other actions to put the Governor<br>
and other politicians in Sacramento on notice that we are not going to<br>acquiesce to their lack of political will to use the different options at<br>their disposal to find the necessary revenues we need to educate our<br>
students in San Diego County and in the SDUSD District in particular. The<br>EFF alliance believes that in the richest state in the nation and the<br>seventh economy in the world, the magnitude of the education cuts can¹t be<br>
tolerated. In fact, this level of cuts endangers the viability of educating<br>our students.<br><br><br><br>Educate for the Future is calling on your organization to join us and become<br>a member of the San Diego Education Coalition Against the Cuts in Education.<br>
We will be holding a coalition meeting on Wednesday February 24 at 6:00<br>p.m., at the office the Equality Alliance at 3750 30th St., (South of<br>University Ave. in North Park), to talk about the steps to organize a<br>
massive and successful event on May 8, 2010. We are seeking your endorsement<br>and/or active participation in the building of the May 8 March/Rally to<br>oppose the cuts. For any further information, please contact Ramón Espinal<br>
at <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:respinal1@cox.net" target="_blank">respinal1@cox.net</a>, (619) 282-4558, or Ken Msemaji at <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:kjsm2nd@yahoo.com" target="_blank">kjsm2nd@yahoo.com</a>.<br>
<br><br><br>Thank you and we are looking forward to seeing you or a representative from<br>your organization on Wednesday February 24 at the above place and time.<br><br><br><br>In solidarity,<br><br><br><br>Ramón Espinal, teacher and community organizer, and<br>
<br>Ken Seatton Msemaji, union leader and community organizer.<br><br><br><br><br>------ End of Forwarded Message<br><br><br></font></p></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Educationforall mailing list<br>
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