The Assembly to End Poverty came out of the 2nd US Social Forum and is a coalition of some 450 individuals representing organizations throughout the United States. They are using Peoples Movement...
Bill of Rights for All Youth (focus on Education)
We are working in solidarity to draft a National Student Bill of Rights for All Youth (NSBR) that will become a unifying document for youth nation-wide and a driving force for youth movement building!
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National Student Bill of Rights For All Youth
Resolution Cities already involved: Baltimore, Oakland, Salt Lake City, Chicago, and Providence
-New Cities or State: Michigan, Seattle, Texas
-Adults supporting campaign Student: there is a need
-Support structure, (local movements local empowerment for youth to get involved, creating a national movement)
-Sharing the work, inspires “how we do that”
-Making the national bill of right go through local (school, district, state) then national
-Talking about how we will spread and make it a national movement!
- later conversation at the Winter gathering Action Steps
- Adult Ally Coordinating Committee
- Connect youth who are active with other less active cities (Skype, sharing Videos)
- Free Minds Free People Conference at Providence o Build national student bill of rights there, by coming things o Workshops on how cities did the process for their rights o
- Coming together in winter, by region or national. At Chicago. o Find common rights for the national bill o Think beyond the FMFP conference (space, common issues, develop goals for real change)
- Continue the work we are doing, the movements in the different cities
-Conference Call: on August the first Sunday of the month, August 1st, 2010 main email contact is: rightsforallstudents@gmail.com
