CONFIDENTIAL E-MAIL

Below is a copy of an email that was sent erroneously. Notice who the e-mail was sent to - NOW All of a sudden CTU is interested in Jesse Jackson. Notice the attack on me at the end for my organizing efforts at PUSH !

--- Forwarded Message -----
From: rosita Chatonda <rcchatonda@yahoo.com>
To: David R Stone <drstone@ameritech.net>
Cc: "core@lists.riseup.net" <core@lists.riseup.net>
Sent: Monday, August 1, 2011 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [core] Re: CONFIDENTIAL Displaced teachers-ACTION NEEDED

This is outrageous David. Are you out of your mind?

The PUSH meeting is for DISPLACED TEACHERS. This is not a publicity stunt. Teachers will be featured there ad their stories will be told. NO ONE ELSE IS WELCOME. The CTU has a space to host anything they want. As far as Rosita Chatonda
getting some attention or Jesse Jackson, we are in our community minding our own business. Who do you think you are?
From: David R Stone <drstone@ameritech.net>
To: Gnschmidt@aol.com; Karen Jennings Lewis <karengjl@yahoo.com>
Cc: kuglerjohn@hotmail.com; Nate G <goldnate@gmail.com>; kenzo shibata <mrshibata@gmail.com>; core <core@lists.riseup.net>
Sent: Monday, August 1, 2011 3:26 PM
Subject: [core] Re: CONFIDENTIAL Displaced teachers-ACTION NEEDED

I understand the problems with the meetings for displaced teachers at Operation PUSH -- that's why I have written to you guys before posting anything in public -- but we NEED TO RESPOND IN PUBLIC NOW!

Reasons:
-CBS is apparently sending a camera crew from New York to interview displaced teachers at Operation PUSH tomorrow (Tuesday)
about how the Board's actions affected them. This should be a great opportunity for CTU which we shouldn't ignore
simply because Rosita Chatonda and Rev. Jesse Jackson might get some airtime. We should have a substantial presence there!
Let's have some CTU officers attend -- the reporters are far more likely to air comments from Karen in person than "talking points" that Karen gave to Patricia.

-Krzys Rudzinski is responding to "Dazed & Confused" and any other displaced teachers who post on CPS First Class. He is asking them to call him or email him off-list so he can "help" them, and in earlier posts indicated that this "help" might include filing lawsuits against CTU.

-Other caucuses besides CORE are developing campaigns saying we aren't doing enough. I think the problem is actually that we aren't doing enough TELLING EVERYBODY about all the things we are doing. That means we must provide more of our support for displaced teachers IN PUBLIC. So what if only 40 displaced teachers showed up at CTU's last displaced teacher meeting? Hold more meetings! We should not allow the perception that Rosita and Operation PUSH are doing more than the union. And while I understand the need to distance ourselves from Rosita so we won't get blamed if she makes outrageous statements -- let's NOT make a big deal about how the Operation PUSH meetings are NOT part of CTU, at least not until we can offer an alternative.

MOST  IMPORTANT:
CREATE WAYS TO GET DISPLACED TEACHERS TO TURN TO THE UNION FIRST! Everybody like "Dazed & Confused" shouldn't need to post a plea for help on First Class -- they should already KNOW that the union is ready to help them.
Suggestions:

- On the CTU website, put a prominent button on the home page that says something like:
"Lost your job? Worried that you might? Click here for info on steps displaced teachers should take immediately."

- Put similar information into a blast email.

- Send out blast email updates everytime we have news that might interest displaced teachers.

- Make sure these emails have links to make it easier to contact appropriate staff members and/or volunteer committees at the union.

- Hold regular meetings for displaced teachers. Publicize them widely.

- Every day, send out at least one news release about how the union is helping an individual teacher. George should be able to publish at least some of them in Substance, and there are some other friendly media who might use them.

Just some ideas -- let me know if I can help implement any of them, or others.
-David



On 8/1/2011 8:26 AM, Gnschmidt@aol.com wrote:
> August 1, 2011
>
> David:
>
> Long before Rosita wasted a year's time and about $100,000 of dues (pay and
> benefits) working for the CTU, she purported to write for Substance but was
> rejected because she (a) made up facts and (b) lied. Then she moved forward
> to PUSH, where she actually demanded that PUSH boycott Substance because we
> were "outsiders" in "her community." (Someone actually taped that rant and
> played it to me).
>
> Rosita and Patricia are not representing anything of interest to Substance,
> and I doubt we should publish any news of what they are doing. John and
> others will have to struggle to organize what can be done by CTU for this
> year's round of displaced teachers, while we work on covering that more broadly.
>
> There is another problem in this. Rosita, because of CORE's "associate
> membership" reality, has the right to represent herself as a CORE member and be
> at CORE meetings (as she was a week ago).
>
> George</HTML>
>