Скачать или смотреть Martín @ NYC, 8.3.2020 National Day of Resistance Against School Reopening

Teachers, Students, Families, and Community members are organizing across the country to stop the unsafe reopening of schools. In NYC the Health Justice Working Group of the Movement of Rank and File Educators, a social justice caucus of the UFT, along with students, parents, and community members will be organizing a march and rally to tell Governor Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio, Chancellor Carranza, and the Department of Education to stop the in-person reopening of schools until it is safe for all.

Here in New York City, more than 20,000 people have died from COVID-- mostly Black and Latinx New Yorkers. Returning to school buildings before it is safe to do so will put these same communities at even greater risk of dying prematurely. Forcing school buildings to reopen before we have the resources we need will put staff in the untenable position of having to enforce public health directives without resources or an expectation of them actually working, and could further put our Black and Brown students at risk of being criminalized and/or traumatized by schools.
Join us on this national day of action to fight for the lives of teachers, staff, students, and our communities. We will be marching from the UFT Headquarters at 52 Broadway to the Department of Education at Tweed Courthouse 52 Chambers Street. If you would like to co-sponsor or endorse this action please contact us at [email protected].

We demand:
No return to in-person school until it's safe: We need no new cases for 14 days, all health and safety measures implemented including consistent rapid testing, contact tracing, safe public transit and community input!

Substantial and continuous financial relief from the city, state and federal government for working parents, guardians, and all workers --- inclusive of undocumented immigrants.
That our public schools are adequately funded according to the Campaign for Fiscal Equity formula and given additional COVID aid so that every school has the staff and resources it needs to support students during learning in and outside of school buildings.

That Governor Cuomo tax the millionaires and billionaires of New York State to provide economic relief and support for working families and to fully fund our schools and communities.
Nothing about us without us: That parents, students and school staff are fully empowered and included in planning for eventual school reopening and equitable remote learning that includes opportunities for outdoor education, in-person instruction and therapeutic service delivery for prioritized student populations.

Sign the Petition to Stop the Unsafe Re-Opening of Schools!
https://www.change.org/p/nyc-mayor-bi...

And see our full School Reopening Campaign Toolkit at https://tinyurl.com/StopUnsafeReopening!
#RefusetoReturn
#WeWontDieforDOE
#OnlyWhenItsSafe
#SchoolsOurStudentsDeserve #UnionStrong

Sponsoring Organizations:
1. Movement of Rank & File Educators
2. Parents Supporting Parents NY
3. PoliFem
4. DC 37 Progressive Caucus
5. Justice Center en el Barrio
6. Rise and Resist
7. Revolting Lesbians
8. Alliance for Quality Education NYC
9. Ya-Ya Network
10. Black Lives Matter School Week of Action NYC
11. A Call to Action on Puerto Rico
12. Workers World Party
13. New York Boricua Resistance
14. Peoples Power Assemblies NYC
15. NYC Coalition for Educational Justice
16. BATALA
17. Young People of Color Incorporated
18. Freedom For all
19. Dynamic Therapy Intervention
22. NYC Democratic Socialists of America
23. Party for Socialism and Liberation
24. Community Education Council 14
25. NY BAT teachers
26. Physicians for a National Health Program - NY Metro
27. Radical Women
28. Freedom Socialist Party
29. NYCATA/UFT The NYC Art Teachers Association
30. NYC Fight for Our Lives Coalition
31. Movimiento Victoria Cuidadana - NYC Chapter
32. DSA AfroSocialists