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Confronting the Crisis in Urban Education

April 30, 2003

[Rochester]A Public Forum on the Crisis in Urban Education was held Tuesday afternoon, April 29th,at School without Walls, Downtown Rochester. Teacher’s Forum for Empowerment and Rights organized the event to create a space for educators, parents, students and community members to discuss and plan how to combat the continued attacks on public education. Several Speakers addressed the forum for the first hour, then a focused discussion took place on how to build a broad-based movement for educational change.
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Mayday Buffalo This Weekend

Press Release about Mayday
Link to site listing weekend's events

Farmworker Update

Update on the farmworker march to Albany
180 miles for justice

Eastman Student Peace Concert a Triumph

Eastman Student Peace Concert a Triumph

Rochester 13 Back in Court

Rochester 13 Back in Court

Farmworkers March to Demand Just conditions- With Updates

Farmworkers March Demand Just conditions




April 28th, 2003 In this article, I feel the need to be selfish. My experiences in marching with this group have had a profound effect on how I feel about this assignment. My hope is that those of you reading this article will be able to experience the struggle vicariously, and that you will have a greater, more profound understanding of what C.I.T.A., Rural Migrant Ministry, and other groups hope to accomplish with this march.
April 28th Update



April 24th Update

Updates and more photos from Eastern and Western Marches

April 23, 2003. The CITA marchers ended the day in Oneida, NY after walking through snow and freezing rain. Last night they were greeted in Syracuse, NY at the Federal Building where about 60 people came out to support the rights of Farmworkers. A few new marchers joined the group today. A RV accompanies the marchers with 2 large banners, one reads "Farmworkers Feed the World" and the other reads "Farm workers deserve equal rights".


April 21, 2003 Farmworkers and their supporters fighting for the right to collective bargaining, overtime pay, and other basic benefits are beginning their second day of a 180 mile state-long march in Auburn, New York Tuesday Morning. CITA (Centro Independiente de Trabajadores Agricolas (The Independent Farmworkers Center)), organized the March to build support for passage of the Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act, which would end the exclusion of Farmworkers from basic worker protections.



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Public Forum: Confronting the Crisis in Urban Education

Public Forum
Confronting the Crisis in Urban Education: Building a Broad-based Movement for Change!

Tuesday, April 29, 5-7pm
School Without Walls
Rochester, New York

Keynote Speech
Dr. Shawgi Tell: Teacher Educator, Nazareth College, Teachers Forum for Empowerment and Rights

Invited Presenters
David Atias: Teacher (Penfield), Green Party Candidate for Rochester City School Board
Maria Behncke: Rochester Alliance for Quality Education
William Cala: Superintendent, Fairport School District
Howard J.

Anti-War Rally + Critical Mass

This Friday's Rally + Critical Mass (This Friday)

Ralph Nader and Patti Smith Come to Buffalo to Work for "Peace on Earth Week"

Buffalo is the fourteenth stop of Nader’s nationwide tour beginning in 2001 in Portland, Oregon, and has since packed venues from San Francisco to Cleveland and Wall St. to Tampa.

Farmworkers March to Albany

10 day march to Albany in support of the Farmworkers Fair Labor Act.

West Side Stop the Wars holds First Gathering

West Side Stop the Wars held its first gathering Tuesday night.

Angela Davis to Speak at SUNY Brockport

Angela Davis to Speak at SUNY Brockport

Metro Justice Update on Pataki's Planned Cuts

Article suggests action items to counter Pataki's planned cuts. Discusses how corporations evade paying taxes in NY State

Farmworkers March to Demand Just Working Conditions

10 Day March will converge on Albany on April 30.

Visions of Peace Concert Sunday

A concert for peace will be presented by Eastman School students and faculty on Sunday, April 27, 2003, 7:00 pm at the Reformation Lutheran Church, 111 North Chestnut Street downtown.

Money for Education not Occupation

Recap of Fridays Demonstration at Liberty Pole

Money for Education

From 4-18 demo

WHAM 1180's Rally 'Round America

Lets intervene creatively

Money for Education not Occupation

April 18, 2003
 

 
[Rochester, NY] Weekly Rallies and Speak outs against US aggression continued today at the downtown Liberty Pole. Despite the illusion created by the Pentagon and the mainstream media that this war is over, people all around the world are continuing to voice strong opposition to the continued attacks on Middle Eastern Sovereignty. With RCAN (Rochester Campus Action Network) taking the lead, about one hundred demonstrators converged at 4pm Friday afternoon, to oppose the US occupation of Iraq and astronomical military expenditures. Speakers at the Rally demanded that our tax money be used for social programs, and especially for public education instead of for military purposes.



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