Topic: Advocacy
Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 6 PM - 8 PM CST
Location: McKinley High School Alumni Center
Presenters:
Angelle Bradford, Moms Demand Action
Khalid Hudson, Together Baton Rouge
Kirk Green, Louisiana Federation of Teachers
Kaitlyn Joshua, Power Coalition
Jan Moller, Louisiana Budget Project
Susan East Nelson, Louisiana Partnership for Children and Families
Anna Fogle, Facilitator
Resources:
Louisiana Ethics Administration Program
Houston Investors, Mike Bloomberg: How outside money pours into Baton Rouge school board races
Charles Lussier, The Advocate
October, 2022
Homework:
Next week, we'll be focusing our discussion on the effects of the St. George breakaway district and charter schools.
Read these articles if you can:
The New Secession
Adam Harris for The Atlantic, 2019
Smaller communities are "seceding" from larger school districts. It's accelerating school segregation.
P. R. Lockhart for Vox, 2019
The session recording is available HERE.
(Unfortunately, the sound was malfunctioning for the first 7 minutes. Please begin at minute mark 7:00.)