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	"author_name": "South Brooklyn DSA",
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	"title": "Education Justice and Oncoming Austerity: A Panel Discussion",
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	"description": "Since its establishment, our public education system has been mired with racist policies and practices that have perpetuated deep inequities for children and families of color. However, for decades, parents, students and educators have been fighting back. Fighting to address systemic challenges and broken policies while working toward a system that can provide a quality education for ALL. This past Spring, the Covid-19 crisis ravaged the working class of the five boroughs. Within a matter of days, teachers and school workers across New York City worked diligently to set up remote teaching classrooms. With limited resources and training, teachers worked to mitigate interruptions in student education and to provide a sense of normalcy for families, while infection and mortality rates skyrocketed. Teachers did this while they dealt with personal trauma and loss; loss of family members, loved ones, coworkers, and members of their school communities who became infected with covid, many of whom paid the ultimate price. In these scenarios, systemic racial and class disparities were laid bare, with the most vulnerable in our communities suffering the most with the least amount of support. At the municipal and state level, the response to this crisis has been with an austerity mindset. This Summer, the city cut $707 million dollars from the DOE budget, further entrenching years of systemic inequalities. These cuts eliminated important programs that supported already overwhelmed students, families, and teachers. These cuts also came with layoffs and hiring freezes, providing less support to the families that desperately need it. These cuts happened among movements on the streets demanding to “defund the police” and to “tax the rich,” and to revitalize a public school system that has long been unequally and under-served. These demands were eschewed by both de Blasio and Cuomo, who instead demanded the reopening of public schools as covid rates continue to fluctuate wildly and resources for teachers were made more scarce.   What is to be done? Join the South Brooklyn DSA and 6 fierce public education activists as we discuss the importance of fighting for a well funded and equitable public education system in our city and beyond. Featured speakers include: Alexa Avilés- DSA endorsed District 38 City Council candidate and public education activist. Jabari Brisport- State Senator for District 25 and former public school teacher. Madi Mornhinweg- Brooklyn DSA member and public school teacher. Robbie Nelson- Brooklyn DSA member and public school teacher. Annie Tan- Public School Teacher and union activist in the UFT’s MORE caucus. + MORE SPEAKERS TBA",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/events/education-justice-and-oncoming-austerity"
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