Protest

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Occupy Education: Student Protests Of 2012 (Guest Post by Stephanie Rivera)

Posted by dloitz ⋅ June 25, 2012 ⋅ 3 Comments

“When students awaken, the national conversation will change.”- Diane Ravitch, “When Students Awaken“ After a week of googling, and searching around Facebook, I think I’ve finally got most them. I have found that over 150 student protests have been held in the United States thus far in 2012. For some reason, I thought this would take … Continue reading »

Let Our Voices be Heard (Guest Post by SWDFS student Raychel Gafford)

Posted by dloitz ⋅ May 1, 2012 ⋅ 2 Comments

Reposted with permission from Southwest Detroit Freedom School. Originally posted at Let Our Voices Be Heard! Originally recited by Raychel Gafford during a walk out and protest at Western International School in Detroit Wednesday April 25, 2012. See video of the speech below! Her speech starts at 3:46! Hi my name is Raychel Gafford. I’m … Continue reading »