At Malcolm X College Saturday, hundreds of people stepped forward to demand the the city stop privatizing our schools and end Renaissance 2010 once and for all. The day began with keynote speeches by Lily Gonzalez who helped lead the fight against closing Peabody School last year, Kellina Mojica of Chicago Youth Initiating Change, Lois [...]
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Feeling Nostalgic
August 30, 2009 – 10:12 am
Remember the January Board of Education Meeting?
GEM mobilized this massive protest against the Chicago Board of Education to end Renaissance 2010. For the first time, 6 schools were saved from phase-out, consolidation, turnaround, and closing.
The struggle is not over. The Board has just voted to push out Pulaski Fine Arts Academy from its own building, [...]