Lawmakers are trying to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from our local schools into private hands through a proposed voucher program. It’s all part of a slow dismantling of public education and the schools we grew up with and pour our hearts into for our children.
Chess not checkers. That’s what Bonnie Dobson’s father tells us about organizing for civil rights in the rural South in the 1950s and 60s. So that’s the game that Bonnie Dobson says we must play now and she has the perfect place for you to start: Deep canvassing.
All across the state, Down Home members are fighting for things that kids need: good housing, good schools, decent healthcare, things to do in their community… And working against the culture war politics that do absolutely nothing for our children.
Our capacities keep growing! Get to know our new Political Program Manager Isra Allison in this short interview.
Teachers spend $459 of their personal funds each year on school supplies, most of which won’t be reimbursed. That’s why our Johnston County chapter asks the county commissioners to add $900,000 to the yearly budget for school supplies.
Our Schools Our Dollars The Our Schools Our Dollars Campaign aims to protect Alamance County funding that is already earmarked for our schools, and to
Photo: Members William Johnson and Myla Pettiford stand in the location of the old basketball courts in Granville Street Park in Oxford, N.C.. The city
Renters Deserve Safe and Stable Housing Our members in Ashe County are beginning a new budget campaign to help bring safe and stable housing to
