http://www.tc.columbia.edu/
http://library.tc.columbia.
http://www.facebook.com/event.
We may still be able to catch the tale end.
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Monday, November 7 · 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location
New York City Department of Education52 Chambers Street
New York, NY
Created By
Occupy The DOE
Please join us for the exercise of democracy, the raising of silenced voices, outrage at the lack of public representation in decisions of educational policy, the creation of a People’s Agenda for our schools and creation of collective actions that can realize this agenda.
During the OCCUPY the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP), we invited Chancellor Walcott to this forum:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbmjMickJMA
He declined our offer but we still think he should hear our voices. Please encourage him to come along with members of the City Council Education Committee in this exercise of real democracy.
Click here to add your voice to the agenda through our Facebook poll:
https://www.facebook.com/questions/102137363233818/? qa_ref=qd
Click here to send Walcott your invitation:
http://schools.nyc.gov/ContactDOE/ChancellorMessage. htm
Councilman Robert Jackson, Chairperson, Education Committee: rjackson@council.nyc.gov
Brought to you by the OCCUPY the DOE Committee of Occupy Wall Street #OccupyEDU
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=216152205121253
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Help us to spread the word about Monday so we can include as many voices as possible! Here are five things that you can do to help us grow and get our voices heard!
***Calling all parents, students, teachers, school aides, community organizations, youth groups, and community members concerned about creating public education in the interest of the 99%***
OCCUPY the Department of Education invites you to:
The People’s General Assembly on Public Education
Date: Monday, November 7thTime: 5 PMLocation: Steps of Tweed Hall, 52 Chambers St.
Please join us for the exercise of democracy, the raising of silenced voices, outrage at the lack of public representation in decisions of educational policy, the creation of a People’s Agenda for our schools and creation of collective actions that can realize this agenda.
During the OCCUPY the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP), we invited Chancellor Walcott to this forum. He declined our offer but we still think he should hear our voices. Please encourage him to come along with members of the City Council Education Committee in this exercise of real democracy.
Finally, help us to spread the word! We want to include as many voices as possible! Here are five things that you can do to help us grow and get our voices heard!
1. Forward this email far and wide.2. Like us on Facebook and share the event. Print the attached flyer, post it everywhere and hand it out before/after school!4. Call people that would be interested and ask them to attend. The more the merrier!5. Send another invite to Chancellor Walcott, the PEP, and your local city council member to attend.
Brought to you by Occupy the Department of Education!
AND IN OAKLAND
Occupy Oakland: Hundreds of teachers fail to show up for work
Hundreds of teachers failed to show up for work Wednesday as Occupy Oakland protesters called for a citywide "general strike" to protest economic conditions.
An estimated 16% of teachers in the Oakland Unified School District did not show up to class on Wednesday, said district spokesman Troy Flint.
The troubled district usually has about 2,000 teachers working on a given day and from 20 to 25 absent. On Wednesday, about 315 to 320 stayed away in response to the general strike. Occupy Oakland had called for “no work and no school” for the day.
PHOTOS: Occupy protests around the nationNo schools were closed, although, in some instances, classes had to be consolidated or children redistributed, Flint said. Although student absenteeism was higher than usual, the district did not have an official number of absent students.
“We do support some of the ideals of Occupy Oakland, particularly the concept that services have been dramatically underfunded,” Flint said. “We wanted to allow teachers who were fighting for public education and children to have their voice.”
Still, he said, parents were urged to send their children to school, and “we were committed to keeping schools open.... It wasn’t a normal day by any means, but it progressed well.”
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