Category Archives: Public Education

Overturn Prop 2! Restore Affirmative Action in Michigan!

we do not live in a color blind society, cropped

All Out to Cincinnati on March 7th! On March 7th at 1pm in Cincinnati,Ohio the full panel of 17 Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals judges will review their peers’ ruling that the ban on race-conscious admissions in Michigan is illegal and that affirmative action must be restored. The presence of hundreds of affirmative action supporters inside and…

BAMN Launches Fight Against New Wave of Detroit School Closings

Kelly, Krystal and third person

Come to a planning meeting: Wednesday, February 15th at 5pm Mount Calvary Baptist Church 4741-43 Iroquois at Forest Street, Detroit, MI, 48214 This week, the Emergency Manager of the Detroit Public Schools publicly announced the list of Detroit Public schools that he intends to close at the end of this year, including successful schools like Ludington Magnet…

Sign the Petition – Then Organize!

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Enact Campus-based Dream Scholarships & Financial Aid, In-state Tuition for Undocumented Students, and a State-wide Dream Act in Michigan No More Separate and Unequal Treatment for Undocumented Immigrant Students!

Rally and Fill the Court Hearing on Prop 209!

Affirmative action rally at court

Double Black, Latina/o, and Native American Student Enrollment in UC Restore Affirmative Action & Overturn Prop 209 9th Circuit Hearing on Prop 209: Monday, Feb. 13th, 8:30AM 9th Circuit Court of Appeals 95 – 7th St. (at Mission), S.F. (near Civic Center BART) California’s majority black, Latina/o, and Native American students are being systematically denied…

USE THE POWER OF NUMBERS TO STOP THE EVICTION OF RICHARD LIBRARY!

Movers removing books from Richard Library

VICTORY! Monteith Branch Library is Re-opened! 1 down, 3 to go! Build the New Civil Rights Movement – Save Dr. King’s Vision for Detroit We Demand Lincoln, Richard and Mark Twain Libraries be re-opened NOW  and Stop the Decimation of Our Neighborhoods and City! Defend Our Dignity! COME OUT AND USE THE POWER OF OUR…

VICTORY FOR THE UC BERKELEY LIBRARY OCCUPATION!

click the picture to download this victory poster to print and post everywhere!

MEDIA RELEASE: The UC-Berkeley library occupiers won their demand to fully restore  the library hours to Fall 2011 levels and hire a full-time new librarian to permanently staff these hours. At about 7:30PM Saturday night, the administration signed a written agreement that fully met the occupation’s demands. The administration signed the following agreement: “1. On Monday, January…

Join the UC-Berkeley Library Occupation!

UC Berkeley anthropology library occupation

NO CUTS TO THE UCB ANTHROPOLOGY LIBRARY OR ANY CAMPUS SERVICES! Our movement is fighting to win. We voted on demands and we intend to win them. Join the occupation of UC-Berkeley’s Anthropology Library! It’s in Rm. 230 of Kroeber Hall, at the intersection of Bancroft + College. The occupation of the Anthropology Library to…

VICTORY! Monteith Branch library will reopen next month!

BAMN protests to keep Lincoln Library open

VICTORY! Monteith Branch library will reopen next month! Build the New Civil Rights Movement – Save Dr. King’s Vision for Detroit There is Power in Our Numbers–Join BAMN Now is the time for students, young, old and in-between, from Mason, Persing, Nolan, the churches, block clubs, neighbors and everyone to organize and mobilize to keep…

Library Commissioners: RE-OPEN OUR LIBRARIES OR RESIGN!

Detroit Joe Louis Fist

Tuesday, January 17:  12 NOON Rally at the Main Library(Cass Side) 1:30 pm: Pack the Library Commission Meeting This Tuesday, January 17, at noon, we have an opportunity to drive forward our fight to victory. If we turn out a large crowd for our rally and fill up the Library Commission meeting room and assert our will, we…

Why we must mobilize to the January 19th UC Regents Meeting

Protest against Yudoff's fee hikes 11.2012

Our movement is fighting to win. We voted on demands and we intend to win them. Why we must mobilize to the January 19th UC Regents Meeting: Our enemies are relying on the month long Christmas break to have quelled our movement. They know that when we went home to our families, many of our…