Public School Strong: We are the majority!
One month into launching, Public School Strong chapters are already forming in 30 counties across North Carolina!
One month into launching, Public School Strong chapters are already forming in 30 counties across North Carolina!
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
Granville Street Park is an integral part of the Oxford community. It formerly served as a meeting place for the downtown and Granville Street areas, an outlet for local youth to play basketball, and for local families to have a place for outdoor fellowship. But it has fallen into neglect over the years.
We’ve got work to do.
We want working families to have more than a seat at the political table when decisions about our communities are made – we want to be making the decisions ourselves.
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