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Summer 2011 Organizing Institute

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How can we improve working and learning conditions? Organize!

We are thrilled to offer teachers, youth and parents the opportunity to learn the skills that will help you build power to win justice in your school community.  

 

Learn from labor and community organizers using Midwest Academy and other social justice organizing approaches.    

 

Bring colleagues, students and parents from your school community; build your chapter's strength and make an organizing plan together for the fall.

 

The Organizing Institute will take place:

 

August 23-25   

from 9am-4pm

Judson Memorial Church

239 Thompson St. (between West 3rd St. and Washington Square South)

 

Closest subways:

A/B/C/D/E/F/M at W. 4th St.

N/R at 8th St.

6 at Bleeker 

 

Click here to register now!  

 

Click on "Read More" for the daily schedule below

July 12: Screening and Discussion at FMFP!

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 Heading to the Free Minds Free People conference in Chicago? 



On July 12th, Teachers Unite is sponsoring Friday night's evening activity! 


Sun., June 9 at noon: TU at Left Forum

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 Register here for the 2013 Left Forum and come through to our Sunday panel Organizing Young People, Teachers, Parents and Community: Building Trust and Accountability.

 

May 2013: TU member confronts Chancellor Walcott

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 Read Hilary Lustick's guest post on Teachers Unite's Huffington Post blog. Also check Executive Director Sally Lee's recent post that went viral. Why? It's about gentrification, parenting, schools, and racist segregation.

Spring 2013: Teachers Change the Conversation

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 Click here for our Spring 2013 Newsletter!

April 2013: Teachers Unite on Huffington Post

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 Executive Director Sally Lee has a new blog on Huffington Post. We plan to feature regular posts by
Sally and special guest bloggers about a range of issues that concern our members and our views on education and organizing. Please check it out, "like" it, Tweet it, whatever you can to support OR submit comments with your arguments, concerns and disagreements. We can take it either way.

Shifting the national conversation: Cops in Schools

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 Amazing. The 4/19/13 NY Times editorial is about the criminalization of youth in schools, the school-to-prison pipeline and its connection to recent legislation post-Newtown shooting.


Teachers Unite is on the Coordinating Committee for the Dignity in Schools Campaign which has been playing a huge role in pushing this conversation and we're proud of our Teachers Unite members for taking their time to talk to U.S. Senators and media. Because of their work, and the efforts of youth and parent partners around the country, the Grassley/Cruz amendment to the recent Gun Violence Bill FAILED to fund more cops in schools.

Teachers Unite's newest research project launched!

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 Decline in NYC Black and Latino teachers: 13% in '08 from 27% in '02. This trend is continuing and needs to reverse. Amazing TU team of educators and academics launched an action research project 4/1. Stay tuned for updates! Contact sally@teachersunite.net with any questions

Arrests and summonses may be down, but youth of color are still targeted at higher rates

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Below is a press statement from the Dignity in Schools Campaign-New York on February 14, 2013. The Student Safety Act, signed into law in January 2011, requires the Department of Education and New York Police Department report quarterly on various measures of student safety.

Restorative Schools Conference: The Tipping Point

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The Restorative Schools Conference organized by Teachers Unite and the Dignity in Schools Campaign-NY was a critical moment for educators and youth in New York City public schools. Over 40 educators, 25 high school students, and 25 advocates, organizers, and parents came together on the January 28th Professional Development Day to share experiences, challenges, and strategies for implementing restorative practices at their schools. 
 
Educators passionate about fighting mass incarceration trends perpetuated by harsh discipline policies are most often leading these projects while collaborating with students. The day included workshops from several schools at different levels of implementing restorative practices as well as discussion about ending student pushout through advocacy and activism, and the importance of highlighting restorative practices in conversations with the DOE.    
 
See photos from the day here.
 

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