Dr. Kaliris Salas-Ramirez, Assistant medical Professor – CUNY School of Medicine and advocate with Save Our Schools, joined the Education Town Hall on June 28 to discuss the crisis in Puerto Rico regarding closing public schools and privatizing public education. On the second segment (beginning at 36:00), BUS regular, Dr. Denisha Jones discussed family separation for asylum seekers at the US border.
For more details on the school closings in Puerto Rico —
And more about separating families at the border —
“When Policies Destroy Childhood”
Fact Check on Children at the Border
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