The push to reopen schools by both major parties is an act of political violence. We demand NO reopening until our schools are safe for students and all staff. #EdEquityOrElse

Join us for a motor march through Knoxville.

Demand Safe Schools is calling for the following terms to be met before a return to in-person learning:

• No reopening until the scientific data supports it
• Police-free schools
• All schools must be supported to function as community schools with adequate numbers of counselors and nurses and community/parent outreach workers
• Safe conditions including lower class sizes, PPE, cleaning, testing, and other key protocols Equitable access to online learning
• Support for our communities and families, including moratorium on evictions/foreclosures, providing direct cash assistance to those not able to work or who are unemployed, and other critical social needs
• Moratorium on new charter or voucher programs and standardized testing
• Adequate and equitable funding, through federal stimulus
• Massive infusion of federal money to support the reopening funded by taxing billionaires and Wall Street

DSA will be in the streets on 8/8 for the Demand Safe Schools Day of Resistance to win these demands.