This past weekend Candace, Khalif & Erika were on Tiffany Bacon's radio shows, Priase in the City on 103.9FM.
If you missed it, you can follow these links to listen to the first half and the second half of the show online.
Or you can go to the Priase in the City podcast and download the show.
PSU came out strong to Wednesday's SRC meeting and made it known that students have deep concerns about the District's strategic plan, Imagine 2014.
Read the Daily News article that mentions us (and quotes Eric) here.
Eric, Cherelle, Javier & Greg gave powerful testimonies, and Media Mobilizing Project caught them all on video.
For the past couple months, PSU members have been researching Renaissance 2010, a plan that is being implemented in Chicago to close or charterize about 100 schools. We have learned a lot about the negative effects that this plan is having on students and communities, especially poor and working class communities.
Just as we see what is going on in Chicago, people in Chicago also see what is happening here. A Chicago blogger named Mike Klonsky noticed our action, and wrote a blog post about it.
In it, he mentioned that 16 more schools in Chicago are closing, as part of Renaissance 2010. The night before the school board voted on closing the schools, community members from across the city held a protest and candlelight vigil outside the school district building, and many spent the night there, camped out in tents in the cold Chicago winter. They called for the district to put any school closings on hold. They also asked for an independent study of the effect of the school closing on communities. Supporting groups include the teachers' union, parents, students, and community organizations. They fear the effects that the closings and consolidations will have on students.
Check out our podcast to hear lots of audio from PSU's action.
You can hear Sadae's poem, Eric & Koby's rap, Helen Gym's speech and a great, short piece that Candace made with the all the best highlights.
Our action in response to the District's Plan, Imagine 2014, was really powerful. The speeches and performances did a great job of laying out concerns with the District's plan. The PSU members who spoke presented a different vision for empowering students and communities to really transform our schools.
