South Side NAACP Action

  Education Partners and Colleagues 

The Time to ACT is NOW!! 

As we come the close of another school year ... 

More schools in 2011 phased out, or consolidated without parent, staff, student, and community consideration!

CPS has already suspended or expelled 2,500 students this year alone! 

The number of Displaced and Dismissed Teachers has increased! 

  WE NEED YOU AND MANY MORE! 

EDUCATION IS AN ACTION! THE NAACP SOUTHSIDE BRANCH EDUCATION COMMITTEE INVITES YOU TO HELP OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED!

THE NAACP SOUTH SIDE BRANCH EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS WORKING TO:

·      Receive, Review and Take Action on Parent, Teacher, and Community School Complaints

·      Get Signatures for a Referendum to Establish an Elected School Board

·      Stop CPS from closing, phasing out, turning around schools without public participation, transparency, and appropriate equitable resources

·      Help Displaced & Dismissed Teachers with Legal and Financial Resources

·      Prevent Student Violence/Address Suspensions and Expulsions

THE NAACP SOUTH SIDE BRANCH EDUCATION COMMITTEE INVITES YOU TO ATTEND OUR MONTHLY MEETING THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012 @ 6 – 8 PM 7854 S. STATE STREET  (Northern Trust Bank Community Room) JOIN THE “RIGHT FIGHT” TO SAVE OUR STUDENTS, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR LIVES AND OUR COMMUNITIES!              Parents, Teachers, Students, Community Residents & Administrators Welcome!

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT -

 Valencia Rias-Winstead @ 312-848-3381 (Chair) OR Rosita Chatonda @ 773-419-7417

       NAACP SOUTHSIDE BRANCH EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT

May 17, 2012

Membership:                                       NAACP Committee Members = Seven(7)  = Valencia Rias-Winstead - Chair; Dr. Trina Hollingsworth - V.Chair; Secretary - Open (Pratt Resigned); Sgt. At Arms - J. Burnett    New NAACP Members = Three(3)  = Barbara Pritchett, Ronald Jackson, Bertram Gray

Committee meetings held:                       2 -  Displaced Teachers  & Elected School Board

Activities Participated/ Attended:        Organized and led Walk for Peace in the South East on May 11, from 75^th -79^th & Jeffrey

Attended Chicago Board of Education Meeting   

                                                                                          Ongoing –

Attending Monday Nite Meetings @ Chgo Sate for Elected School Board

Collaborating with attorney on LSC lawsuit

                                                                                          Collaborating with PUSH on school actions

                                                                                          Teach-Ins  held on:

Held workshop on Senate Bill 7

Held workshop NAACP Complaint Form

NAACP Complaint Forms Collected  = 4 (More Pending)

Petition Drive for Elected School Board                                      

                                                           Political Action Committee Voter Registration 

Activities towards Proposed Goals:                 

1. Support for a referendum to establish an Elected School Board

 (Need 100,000 signatures.)

                                                            2. Dismantling the Pipeline from Schools to Prison

                                                            3. CTU Displaced Teachers Lawsuit

4. CPS School Actions /School Closings, Phase- Outs, Turnarounds, Construction

Upcoming Activities/Events:                MAY 18 – Tuley Park  Petition Drive for Elected School Board

May 19 - NATO Petition Drive for Elected School Board

                                                            May 21 - New Organizations recruited for Elected School Board

                                                            May 24 – C.A.U.S.E.Parent and Community Protest@Julian H.S.

                                                           June 5  - LSC Traning @ Northern Trust Bank

Next Meeting Date, Time & Location:                  Thursday, May 24, 2012 @ 6:30 -8:30 pm (Northern Trust Bank  Community Room 7851 S. Sate Street)