IMC/Confluence writer's meeting
We need writers!
Thursday, Dec. 4 7:30 PM CAMP 3026 Cherokee @ Minnesota in south St. Louispublic schools
The Enclosed Public: Protest and Premonitions at the Vice-Presidential Debate in St. Louis
A record television audience of almost 70 million people viewed the vice-presidential debate last Thursday night at Washington University's Athletic Complex in St. Louis. But nearly a mile out of view of the complex lay an example of what corporations, the media, and the state have together tried to quell in increasingly forceful ways: public dissent.
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Over one hundred workers, activists, students, veterans and families gathered in Northmoor park near campus to voice alternatives to the candidates' discussion of abstract policy issues. Activist groups Instead of War, Code Pink, and Veterans for Peace organized the protest to highlight the narrow scope of the debate, and to expose the carefully mediated lack of public access to discussions of public policy.
Lead-Free Schools Rally @ Roe School
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 30, 2008 ,
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Sherri Rich
Campaign Manager
McCowan4Mayor@gmail.com
314.874.6135
"Make St. Louis Schools Lead-Free"
Date:
12/02/2008 - 11:00am - 12/02/2008 - 1:00pmIOW Request for Entrance to the VP Debate
St. Louis Instead of War Coalition
438 N. Skinker Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63130
October 2, 2008
Janet H. Brown
Executive Director
Commission on Presidential Debates
Dear Ms. Brown:
The St. Louis Instead of War Coalition requests that the four St. Louis Citizens listed below be granted entrance into the Debate this evening at Washington University. As the descriptions below indicate, each of these people’s lives has been profoundly impacted by U.S. policies that divert resources away from the needs of our people to wars and military occupations.
Few parents show up (1 PARENT EJECTED) to meet school superintendent candidates
Emphasis added...
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Subject: Few parents show up (1 PARENT EJECTED) to meet candidates Journals 9/15/08
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:41:33 EDT
From: SLPSBOARDNEWS@aol.com
*1 PARENT EJECTED*
*Few parents show up to meet superintendent candidates Lack of public involvement seen as issue for city schools*
By Shawn Clubb Monday, September 15, 2008 4:34 PM CDT
Shawn Clubb
SAVE OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION - And Now - On to the Supreme Court! 9/4/08
Dear Friends,
In a few short weeks, the Missouri Supreme Court could be hearing our appeal
of the state takeover of St. Louis Public Schools. Our attorneys predict the
hearing will happen in late October.
We expect
opponents of public education to intensify their attacks in the
weeks running up to the hearing. As you know, the state department of
education moved to take over St. Louis Public Schools to stop your movement
for more educational opportunities for your children. They ousted your
elected representatives in order to say that ordinary citizens should have
no voice in deciding what education for their children should look like.
They worried about your desire to limit the role of private corporations in
weeks running up to the hearing. As you know, the state department of
education moved to take over St. Louis Public Schools to stop your movement
for more educational opportunities for your children. They ousted your
elected representatives in order to say that ordinary citizens should have
no voice in deciding what education for their children should look like.
They worried about your desire to limit the role of private corporations in
JWT Protest Art Installation at South Grand & Phillips
Sent by JWT to Critical Mass listserv:
Hello friends and enemies, etc
I have just installed an information kiosk in front of the building which was formerly a McDonalds, near the intersection of Grand and Chippewa. The piece is four sided, and reads, respectively...
"THE COLLAPSE OF THE ST. LOUIS SCHOOL SYSTEM"
"A MICROCOSM OF THE FAILURE OF AMERICA"
third side is a map of St. Louis
and on the fourth side, in restroom graffiti style:
"CHAIN YOUR MAYOR TO A PIPE IN YOUR BASEMENT"
"BEAT HIM TIL HE SINGS"
"IT'S YOUR FAULT TOO"
As this is an uncommisioned gift to the city of St. Louis, I doubt it will be there for very long. If you wish to view it, please feel free to pass by. I would guess that someone will damage and/or remove it within the next day or two.
THANKS,
Jason Wallace Triefenbach
School cuts target the vulnerable - SAB meeting Thursday, 6 pm
The recent education cuts by the state appointed board (SAB) running St.
Louis Public Schools take aim at the most vulnerable children in St. Louis.
They send a clear message that the state board of education believes that
city children do not deserve the same opportunities and the same level of
support as children in suburban St. Louis and elsewhere in Missouri.
Consider the planned staff reductions: Last year there were 30 school
psychologists, according to the psychologists themselves; now the SAB is
going to cut that number to eight. With 30 psychologists, each one served an
average of three schools each. With eight psychologists, they will serve an
average of 11 schools each less than half a day a week per school. Even
without knowing what they do, that would seem to be an unrealistic workload.
When you stop to consider what the psychologists do, however, you can
appreciate that this is an underhanded way to deny children special
$30M slashed from Saint Louis Public School budget / BIG JOB CUTS COMING
Black aldermen discuss action after $30M slashed from SLPS budget
By Alvin A. Reid Of the St. Louis American
Calling the Special Administrative Board of St. Louis Public Schools’ approval of massive cuts of programs and personnel “ridiculous,” Alderman Terry Kennedy told the American on Wednesday to expect action from black aldermen.
Kennedy, chair of the Aldermanic Black Caucus, said most members of that body “do not agree with the cuts and want to get further involved.”
Kennedy said, “We’re discussing what action we might take.”
Rally in Defense of Public Education @ Old Courthouse
You are Invited ... Spread the
Word....
Rally in Defense of Public Education!
Rally in Defense of Public Education!
Date:
04/30/2008 - 6:00pm
