The September BUS ride begins with a discussion of power, teaching, sexual assault, and the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing; continues with Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action; followed by “Confronting the Education Debt” with Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools.
Top — Power, Education, and SCOTUS
10:30 — Black Lives Matter at School
31:00 — Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools
Denisha Jones, member of the national steering committee for Black Lives Matter at School, discusses organizing for the Week of Action for Black Lives Matter at School, scheduled for February 2019. Keron Blair, executive director of Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, discusses “Confronting the Education Debt.” See full report, “Confronting the Education Debt: We Owe Billions to Black, Brown, and Low-Income Students and Their Schools” (PDF).
The Education Town Hall with Thomas Byrd
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