Ruby Sinreich · @ruby
310 followers · 510 posts · Server triangletoot.partyThis in-depth story by Barry Yeoman about how neuvaux right-wing politics easily overwhelms self-described "moderates" who have long been tools for the forces trying to block progressive change in Orange County is an important read.
https://www.theassemblync.com/education/orange-county-schools-diversity-education/
#moms4liberty #bookBans #OrangeCountyNC #HillsboroughNC #RightToRead #RightToLearn #SchoolBoards
#schoolboards #righttolearn #righttoread #hillsboroughnc #orangecountync #bookBans #moms4liberty
Steve Dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
145 followers · 3473 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
#Florida Appoints #Rightwinger to Coordinate with #Conservative #SchoolBoards
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/07/27/new-state-education-office-boosts-conservative-school-board-members-in-florida-emails-show/
https://dianeravitch.net/2023/08/05/florida-appoints-rightwinger-to-coordinate-with-conservative-school-boards/
#florida #rightwinger #conservative #schoolboards
Mark Wyner :vm: · @markwyner
2099 followers · 2655 posts · Server mas.to
Ever hear of Moms for Liberty? It’s a fascist hate group trying to infiltrate school boards. A quote from their newsletter:
“He alone, who OWNS the youth, GAINS the future.” —Adolf Hitler
I don’t want these Nazis anywhere near my kids.
A group of decent human beings is working to get them banned from these meetings. Please boost and go sign? Thank you I love you.
https://atadvocacy.com/ban-mol-62223
#Fascism #AntiSemitism #MomsForLiberty #SchoolBoards #Schools #Kids #Action #Activism
#activism #action #kids #schools #schoolboards #MomsForLiberty #antisemitism #fascism
L’Etat C’est Moi · @letatcestmoi
833 followers · 1435 posts · Server mstdn.party
The MAGA attack on #schoolboards is alarming. The GOP is training MAGA parents to run for school board seats. When they win, they ban books, end sex ed, and persecute #LGBTQ kids.
They’re organized mini-militias. This RW board threw the top state education official out of its meeting.
Democrats need to organize locally to stop this hate from seeping into our communities.
William Lindsey :toad: · @wdlindsy
2007 followers · 8461 posts · Server toad.social
Who would have guessed this? The furious right-wingers disrupting school board meetings across the US are almost exclusively white suburbanites. All that (faux) rage out there that the media wants us to believe is due to econoomic dispossession among struggling working-class citizens….
It's hard to get more privileged than living white in a suburb, isn't it?
#SchoolBoards #Republicans #WhitePrivilege #CultureWars #suburbs
https://projects.propublica.org/school-board-meetings-flashpoints-for-anger-chaos/
#schoolboards #republicans #whiteprivilege #culturewars #suburbs
ProPublica · @ProPublica
87317 followers · 1113 posts · Server newsie.socialHow School Board Meetings Became Flashpoints for Anger and Chaos Across the Country
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In the first wide-ranging analysis of school board unrest, ProPublica found nearly 60 incidents that led to arrests or criminal charges. Almost all were in suburban districts, and nearly every participant was white.
#Education #Schools #SchoolBoards #Violence #Arrests #Protests #Parents #Teachers #News
#Education #schools #schoolboards #violence #arrests #protests #parents #teachers #News
Political IQ · @PoliticalIQ
184 followers · 1618 posts · Server newsie.socialJim Jordan Threatens FBI Director Chris Wray with Contempt of Congress https://politicaliq.com/2023/07/18/jim-jordan-threatens-fbi-director-wray-with-contempt-of-congress/ #JimJordan #ChrisWray #FBI #Contempt #ContemptOfCongress #Subpoenas #SchoolBoards #FirstAmendment #politicaliq #news #politics
#jimjordan #chriswray #fbi #contempt #contemptofcongress #subpoenas #schoolboards #FirstAmendment #politicaliq #News #politics
Levka · @LevZadov
8 followers · 135 posts · Server kolektiva.social
MusiqueNow :newpride: · @MusiqueNow
727 followers · 18620 posts · Server todon.euThis is dangerous!
#TemeculaValleySchoolBoard Member Calls #HarveyMilk a 'Pedophile'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dE1tsH57Qs
#USAShitShoe #farright #schoolboards
#schoolboardsunderattack #CA #California
#temeculavalleyschoolboard #harveymilk #usashitshoe #farright #schoolboards #schoolboardsunderattack #ca #california
Shades · @shades
344 followers · 490 posts · Server kolektiva.social
by #OliviaLittle in #MediaMatters:
"Media Matters acquired Moms for Liberty’s legislative advocacy blueprint, a 17-page resource guide detailing the group’s elaborate state legislative plan. It confirms that Moms for Liberty has formally established a legislative program and expanded its organizational jurisdiction from school boards to state legislatures. The document provides detailed instructions on how to establish meetings and relationships with legislators, along with guidance on creating calls to action and developing state legislative agendas."
#MomsForLiberty #StateLegislature #StateLegislatures #statehouses #legislators #SchoolBoards #SchoolBoard #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #AntiLGBTQ
#olivialittle #mediamatters #MomsForLiberty #StateLegislature #StateLegislatures #statehouses #legislators #schoolboards #SchoolBoard #lgbtq #lgbtqia #antilgbtq
Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
1024 followers · 63255 posts · Server mstdn.social@mark_ungrin because #SchoolBoards in the #USA are elected by the public and not limited to actual parents with kids in the affected schools!
Wolfeh · @wolfeh
124 followers · 96 posts · Server kolektiva.social
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If anyone is unable to get a copy of a book that has been banned by their local/school library, I personally volunteer to help find you an electronic copy.
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No one should be restricted from reading something because it acknowledges a person's experience or existence— whether because of race, gender, sexuality, or whatever. My ask is that you keep any copies I give you to help distribute to others.
@ me directly if you need help finding anything.
In the mean time, consider archiving and reading these books, and books like them: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10
...and donating to The Merritt Fund to help librarians whose jobs and funding are threatened: https://www.ala.org/aboutala/affiliates/relatedgroups/merrittfund/merritthumanitarian
:better_pride: 🏳️⚧️ ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽
#AmericanLibraryAssociation #ALA #BannedBooks #LGBTQ #LGBT #GenderQueer #Gender #Transgender #YouthLiberation #YouthRights #Reading #Books #Library #Libraries #Race #SchoolBoard #SchoolBoards #SchoolLibraries #SchoolLibrary
#americanlibraryassociation #ala #bannedbooks #lgbtq #lgbt #genderqueer #gender #transgender #youthliberation #youthrights #reading #books #library #libraries #race #SchoolBoard #schoolboards #SchoolLibraries #schoollibrary
VICE News · @VICENews
1399 followers · 461 posts · Server federated.pressMoms for Liberty has targeted teachers, administrators, parents, and school board members, orchestrating harassment campaigns that have left people fearing for their safety—and in some cases, their lives.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3gnq/what-is-moms-for-liberty
#MomsForLiberty #education #CultureWars #RonDeSantis #Florida #Anti-LGBT #schoolboards #News #extremism
#momsforliberty #education #culturewars #rondesantis #florida #anti #schoolboards #News #extremism
Old Hippie · @old_hippie
613 followers · 3077 posts · Server masto.ai
Bongolian · @Bongolian
215 followers · 2657 posts · Server universeodon.comAdam Gabbatt: Rightwing extremists defeated by #Democrats in US school board elections: Republican-backed culture warrior candidates fare poorly in #Illinois and #Wisconsin, offering hope to the left
"Scores of rightwing US extremists were defeated in school-board elections in April, in a victory for the left and what Democrats hope could be effective for running against Republicans in the year ahead.
In Illinois, Democrats said more than 70% of school-board candidates it had endorsed won their races, often defeating the kinds of anti-LGBTQ+ culture-warrior candidates who have taken control of school boards across the country."
#momsforliberty #farright #schoolboards
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/apr/21/school-board-elections-illinois-wisconsin-republicans-lose
#Democrats #illinois #wisconsin #momsforliberty #farright #schoolboards
A Wolf in Cheap Clothing 🇨🇦 · @CaptCharon
81 followers · 773 posts · Server social.vivaldi.netCP24: #StephenLecce to introduce #education legislation Monday
Meanwhile #SchoolBoards across #Ontario are announcing that due to #BudgetCuts, the #Province has forced on them, they will be forced to let teachers go. Don't believe the lies, it's another #ConJob by the #conservatives and the #FordGov #TheyreNotThereForYou #StudentsFirst
https://www.cp24.com/news/stephen-lecce-to-introduce-education-legislation-monday-1.6358313
#stephenlecce #education #schoolboards #ontario #budgetcuts #province #conjob #conservatives #fordgov #theyrenotthereforyou #studentsfirst
Democracy Matters :verified: · @DemocracyMattersALot
3902 followers · 5296 posts · Server mstdn.socialThe school board takeover is one of the most insidious, Koch-funded attacks on democracy.
#Koch #GOP #SchoolBoards #FBI #EvilGOP
Why GOP culture warriors lost big in school board races this month https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/17/gop-school-board-races-midwest-00092232
#evilgop #FBI #schoolboards #gop #koch
Danny Boling 🌈 ☮️ · @IAmDannyBoling
349 followers · 5511 posts · Server mstdn.socialIn a 1982 case, #SCOTUS ruled that #school #libraries give #students “an opportunity at self #education and #individual enrichment” and that public #SchoolBoards are not allowed to #restrict or #ban #student access to #library #books “simply because they dislike the #ideas contained in those books.”
So then how are #Republicans getting away with their #BookBans? 😠
https://georgiarecorder.com/2023/04/10/a-year-later-georgias-book-banning-law-normalizes-censorship-in-schools/
A year later, #Georgia’s #BookBanning #law normalizes #censorship in schools | #GeorgiaRecorder
#iamdb #georgiarecorder #Censorship #law #bookbanning #Georgia #BookBans #republicans #ideas #Books #library #student #ban #restrict #schoolboards #individual #Education #students #libraries #school #SCOTUS
BC Info Bot · @bcinfo
342 followers · 21798 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.caGlobal News BC: B.C. school trustee shares story of son’s overdose death in powerful video https://globalnews.ca/news/9618785/school-trustee-son-overdose-video/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #abbostfordschooltrustee #schooltrusteeoverdose #decriminalization #SchoolTrustee #SchoolBoards #SchoolBoard #Abbotsford #safesupply #toxicdrugs #Education #Overdose #Health
#globalnews #BritishColumbia #news #abbostfordschooltrustee #schooltrusteeoverdose #decriminalization #schooltrustee #schoolboards #SchoolBoard #Abbotsford #safesupply #toxicdrugs #education #overdose #health
KrissyKat 🏳️⚧️ · @KrissyKat
243 followers · 1858 posts · Server hoosier.social
School board elections see general pushback against conservatives, though not everywhere.
#chicago #illinois #suburbs #ilpol #schoolboards #conservatives #democracy #elections
#elections #democracy #conservatives #schoolboards #ilpol #suburbs #illinois #chicago