Meeting of the Grassroots Education Movement (GEM)

Come to a meeting of the Grassroots Education Movement (GEM) Tuesday, August 11. Join a discussion with teachers and parents from throughout the city.

• How can we oppose charter schools' attack on public education and neighborhood schools through mayoral control, like is taking place at PS 123 and PS 15?
• Parents and teachers are already mounting a defense against the invasion of Harlem Success Academy into PS 123's building. Read Juan Gonzalez's article on the topic here.
• Watch the video of the recent protest here:

Meeting of the Grassroots Education Movement (GEM)
Tuesday, August 11
5pm
CUNY Grad Center

Room 5414

(34th Street and 5th Avenue)

Bring ID

* The Grassroots Education Movement (GEM) to Defend Public Education is a newly formed coalition of NYC groups (Independent Community of Educators – ASC-ICE/UFT, New York Collective of Radical Educators - NYCoRE, TAGNYC, Teachers for a Just Contract - TJC/UFT, Teachers Unite) and independent individuals. We seek to educate, mobilize anit'd organize educators, parents, students and our communities against the corporate and government policies which serve to underfund, undermine and privatize our public school system. GEM advocates, both within and outside the UFT, around issues dealing with the equality & quality of public educational services as well as the rights of school workers.