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NEA is on it!
MikeDamone
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Not on education. But on the more important social Justice and DEI train.
https://www.nea.org/about-nea/media-center/press-releases/remarks-prepared-delivery-becky-pringle-president-national-education-association-101st
And we will do that work understanding that the rights many of us have spent a lifetime fighting to secure, are being stripped away in our lifetimes.
We have known since the 2016 election, this day would come; we would feel the effects of a radicalized Supreme Court issuing decisions that do not reflect the views or the values of the majority of Americans. We knew the ground had shifted, and the stage had been set to move us further away from the promise of America for all Americans. From decisions on school prayer that attack religious freedom; to vouchers that threaten the right to a universal public education; to the long-term, devastating impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to highjack the fundamental freedom to decide for ourselves when and how to have a family, and the care we need.
Like me, you knew these decisions were coming. That still didn’t change the gut punch it delivered. But I also know this: Like me, you absorbed that punch, you stood up, and you got back to work!
As we have for decades we will fight tirelessly for the right to choose. We will fight unceasingly for the rights of our LGBTQ+ students and educators.
We will say gay. We will say trans. We will use the words that validate our students and their families; words that encourage them to walk in their authenticity; to love themselves fully to become who they are meant to be!
And we will continue to take seriously our responsibility as educators to teach our students this nation’s true and complete history— the dynamics of our rich diversity - the triumphant moments, and those where we turned our backs on the values we espoused at our founding.
On May 14, in Buffalo, New York, we saw the horrible carnage that can grow when seeds of dishonesty, disinformation, and hate are sown by the extreme right, then cultivated by a misguided 18-year-old who was fueled by racism and armed with an assault rifle.
https://www.nea.org/about-nea/media-center/press-releases/remarks-prepared-delivery-becky-pringle-president-national-education-association-101st
And we will do that work understanding that the rights many of us have spent a lifetime fighting to secure, are being stripped away in our lifetimes.
We have known since the 2016 election, this day would come; we would feel the effects of a radicalized Supreme Court issuing decisions that do not reflect the views or the values of the majority of Americans. We knew the ground had shifted, and the stage had been set to move us further away from the promise of America for all Americans. From decisions on school prayer that attack religious freedom; to vouchers that threaten the right to a universal public education; to the long-term, devastating impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to highjack the fundamental freedom to decide for ourselves when and how to have a family, and the care we need.
Like me, you knew these decisions were coming. That still didn’t change the gut punch it delivered. But I also know this: Like me, you absorbed that punch, you stood up, and you got back to work!
As we have for decades we will fight tirelessly for the right to choose. We will fight unceasingly for the rights of our LGBTQ+ students and educators.
We will say gay. We will say trans. We will use the words that validate our students and their families; words that encourage them to walk in their authenticity; to love themselves fully to become who they are meant to be!
And we will continue to take seriously our responsibility as educators to teach our students this nation’s true and complete history— the dynamics of our rich diversity - the triumphant moments, and those where we turned our backs on the values we espoused at our founding.
On May 14, in Buffalo, New York, we saw the horrible carnage that can grow when seeds of dishonesty, disinformation, and hate are sown by the extreme right, then cultivated by a misguided 18-year-old who was fueled by racism and armed with an assault rifle.
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