Karen Salazar Fired for Teaching Critical Thinking
& Using the Autobiography of Malcolm X!
Jordan High School: Teachers Who Encourage Students to Think Need Not Apply
The September 2 Action was a success!
Karen presented a strong case to the LAUSD School Board.
Please join us in calling Board Members & Ray Cortines this week!
F O R I MM E D I A T E R E L E A S E
CLICK HERE FOR MAP TO LAUSD BUILDING (BEAUDRY)
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What you can do?
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1. Please come to the protest, if you are in the L.A. area
2. Invite your friends to join us.
3. We're asking everyone to call these people on Tuesday 7AM - 4:30PM:
Richard Vladovic (LAUSD Board Member)
(213) 241-6385 or richard.vladovic@lausd.net
Ray Cortines (Senior Deputy Superintendent)
(213) 241-0800
TALKING POINTS
* Call for Karen Salazar's Reinstatement at Jordan High. Although she's accepted another job out of financial necessity, she's done no wrong and deserves to return.
* Demand that Jordan principal (Stephen Strachan) be reprimanded for illegally and unethically replacing a good teaching evaluation with a bad one.
* Demand truly culturally relevant education now.
* Demand an end to the attacks on teachers who support and care about students.
Please consider sending us an email after your call, so we can keep track: wadsjeff@gmail.com
NEW VIDEO
Karen Salazar and Jordan Students Speak Out!
SUMMER CAMPAIGN is a SUCCESS!! 1000 MEMBERS IN SOLIDARITY!
On August 25 the 1000th person joined the FACEBOOK group as it continues to grow!
Mark Gonzales & Karen Salazar on Uprising Radio
August 15, 2008
(video will be posted soon)
Karen Salazar & Jordan Students Speak!
FACEBOOK SUMMER OF SOLIDARITY with KAREN SALAZAR CAMPAIGN
July 31, 2008 reaches its 500th member, halfway point in 1000 person drive
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW July 11 - Karen Salazar on KPFK's Pocho Hour of Power
[nationally syndicated cartoonist and show host Lalo Alcaraz]
Interviewed by CULTURE CLASH members & Esteban Zul
SUPPORT: Los Angeles City Commissioner - Angel R. Cervantes
photo: LatinaLista
Mr. Cervantes, a well-known 1990s student leader and activist who led successful sit-ins and hunger strikes on college campuses, speaks out on Karen Salazar's situation. Today he is an LAUSD Teacher, College Professor of History and as a City Commissioner is Chair of the EDUCATION, CONSERVATION, HISTORY & OUTREACH (ECHO) COMMITTEE.
LATEST STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT:
UPDATE:
Next Association of Raza Educators (A.R.E.) meeting:
TUESDAY, July 1st 2008 at 4:15pm - at Santee Education Complex - Room 316 (1921 Maple Ave. 90011) MAP
Please Join us at the next meeting of the Association of Raza Educators as we continue to plan and organize around the next steps of this campaign. If you have not been involved in teacher activism before, this is the time to get involved. The struggle for Academic Freedom, Critical Consciousness, and Community-Based Education continues.
Letter of Support from Dr. Gabrielle Foreman, English Professor at Occidental College
Amy Goodman Interviews Karen Salazar on National TV/Radio
Luis J. Rodriguez, Author of Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A., writes article in support of Karen Salazar
DemocracyNow! Broadcasts Salazar's story to over 700 radio/TV Stations!
Letter of Support: Dr. Eric Newhall, professor of English - Occidental College
NEXT ACTION IS MONDAY JUNE 16, 2008 - 5pm
Los Angeles Times - Article - June 12, 2008
Karen Salazar's Students Speak in her Defense!
June 5 Protest
June 5 Protest
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