Educators marching towards a brighter future for the next generation โ๐ฟโ๐ฝโ๐ผ United we stand against injustice #Educators4Justice#BlackLivesMatter โค๏ธ
Itโs been a crazy 6 weeks! Along with organizing marches, online events and sharing resources with you all, our team has been working hard behind the scenes to become a fully fledged non-profit organization! ๐๐ฟ
Ellen created GoFundMe page for her fundraiser: https://t.co/WMBNrGJxpF
Join us in helping For the Gworls provide Black, trans people with safe, affordable housing and gender-affirming health care. ANYTHING helps! #blackTRANSlivesmatter#EducatorsForJustice
Hello community! One of our members, Ellen, is raising money for @4THEGWORLS , who raise money for Black, trans folks around the world to afford rent and pay for gender affirming surgeries! Her goal is to raise $10,000 by 8/13! To donate: https://t.co/WMBNrGJxpF
Furthermore, 1 in 5 trans people in the U.S. experience homelessness. Many trans youth experience homelessness as a result of family rejection and violence.
To all of my Asian brothers and sisters, I stand with you in solidarity and will continue to rebuke the injustices that continue to be ignored by mainstream media. We must continue to call out these hate crimes and make sure to stand for Justice for all! #HateCrimes#E4J
...friends, and family members. It is critical that we come together as a community to speak up and take action against these injustices.
#AAPI#E4J#InSolidarity
Our statement on the violence perpetrated last night:
In light of the recent hate crimes against Asian American communities, Educators for Justice wants to condemn these blatant acts of racism and reiterate our stance as allies with our Asian American students, colleagues...
@_keiajah ๐คฏ
Given many of our students see police officers as a threat, rather than as there to protect and serve, we must acknowledge the daily trauma we put them through exposing them to police officers in school
#EducatorsForJustice#PoliceFreeSchools
Congratulations, Meisha Ross Porter, for making herstory! ๐ NYC teachers, what changes do you hope the new chancellor will make? Share below ๐๐ฟ
Circling back to this! What a way to kick off Womenโs Herstory month! Meisha Ross Porter will become the first Black woman to lead the nation's largest school system @NYCSchools as announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio. She will take over the school system on March 15th๐๐พ
For our Arizona followers, contact your House representatives and demand that they support Educators, children and schools and vote no on all of these bills!
SB1783 is a tax evasion scheme for big corporations to divert their some $500 Million tax dollars away from education. This bill is now on its way to the House of Representatives. The other bills listed in our post above also passed in the senate.
Lesson plans a year in advance? A YEAR??? Arizona, you good? What a perfect way to push stressed and overworked teachers out of the profession when their joy and creativity are needed most...
Source: @azeducatorsunited on IG
#EducatorsForJustice#SB1058
Today, I am directing every state to prioritize educators for vaccination. We want every educator, school staff member, and child-care worker to receive at least one shot by the end of this month.
Itโs time to treat in-person learning like the essential service that it is.