“By what logic does United Way engage in an activity that is shunned by all the other charities?” — Professor Ralph E. Shaffer Some of United Way Greater Los Angeles and United Way Worldwide’s other “education” related activities: Statement on Gates and Broad Foundation funded United Way Greater Los Angeles running LAUSD forums K12NN: United […]
A District 5 LAUSD debate forum not ruled by Eli Broad’s United Way Greater Los Angeles PR firm
“To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie.”—Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed This event is being hosted by an elected Neighborhood Council, not by the billionaire funded Non-profit Industrial Complex (NPIC) like Eli Broad’s United Way Greater Los Angeles PR […]
Ref Rodriguez doesn’t get to claim he’s never heard of California Charter Schools Association
By Robert D Skeels “There’s never a short supply of People of Color willing to tokenize themselves, and prosper, at the expense of marginalized millions.” — Professor Khaled A. Beydoun, Critical Race Theorist The Deasy (LA) School Report blog posted an entry in which Ref Rodriguez tries to distance himself from California Charter Schools Association’s widely […]
Want the best turnout of candidates? Hold community, rather than corporate, LAUSD debate forums!
First published on solidaridad on January 31, 2015 “I have also observed and experienced how these organizations, in order to protect their non-profit status and marketability to liberal foundations, actively self-police against members’ deviation from their essentially reformist agendas, while continuing to appropriate the language and imagery of historical revolutionaries.”—Professor Dylan Rodríguez Left to right: […]