OAG & the League of Education Voters present: The Cost of Inequity Listen now with the media player below! Download the Schools 2 Prisons series on iTunes! You can also download the full transcript here: SCHOOLS 2 PRISONS-FROM PUPIL TO PRISONER (PDF) Summary: The last segment explored the economic, social and cultural cost of educational inequity. [...]
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This post originally appeared on Change.org -> many thanks to Jess Kutch, director of Organizing at Change.org, for all her tremendous support of the Kick Out Sodexo Coalition After 7 months of polite letter-deliveries, postponed meetings with the UW administration, and general disinterest in their message to “Kick Out Sodexo,” the UW chapter of the [...]
On Wednesday, May 11th, 27 students were arrested by the University of Washington for holding a peaceful sit-in to protest the school’s continued support of human rights abuser Sodexo. We have received a tremendous amount support and publicity from around the country that—for the most part—has been nothing but positive. However, reading comments by a [...]
Hey You(th) – check out the Kick Out Sodexo rally and sit-in from outside the room. This gallery includes images of rallies on Red Square, the vigil for Sodexo workers, students exiting the building post-arrest, and this morning’s protest at the Board of Regents meeting.
Aww, we love you too, Washington Bus! Thanks for that high-quality-wax-on-wax-off-shine! Check out the feature on OAG in Washington Bus’ “Who Do Ya Love?” series.
There is absolutely no doubt that higher education in Washington is facing a crisis due to the continued decline of state financial support. The cuts have totaled nearly 50 percent since the beginning of the recession four years ago. The funding that the University of Washington will receive under the Governor’s proposed 11-13 budget would [...]
Hi OAG, Greetings from UW Students Organizing for LGBT Equality (SOLE). As you may know, we are working with the Resident Hall Student Association to implement Gender Neutral Housing (GNH) on campus. GNH allows same-gender roommates, opposite-gender roommates, or other gender-identity roommate pairings, regardless of physical sex (more details about GNH below). This issue has received supportive coverage [...]
Zara Sedore-Mallin is 16 years old, lives in Redmond, and attends Sammamish High School. Zara comes to OAG and The Takeover via PUT THIS ON THE {MAP}, a campaign to re-teach and re-learn gender and sexuality. Zara has also worked with the Sammamish chapter of Amnesty International and has helped to found and lead the [...]
Once again the SPD have disappointed their city with more violent and overtly racist reactions. Read and watch this story from 11/17/10: “Seattle Officer Kicks juvenile in groin, chest, head”. “Images exclusively acquired by KIRO Team 7 Investigators show a teenager getting kicked in the leg, chest and face by an undercover police officer during [...]
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