July 9 at 2 pm ET: Join the Virtual Town Hall to Discuss Quality Education as a Constitutional Right

When:  Jul 9, 2020 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM (ET)
Associated with  NSF INCLUDES National Network
In response to the recent momentous decision outlined below the Teaching for Change, the SNCC Legacy Project, XQ Institute and the Algebra Project is hosting a 1 hour virtual Town Hall event on Thursday, July 9th at 2:00 p.m. EDT, to discuss "Quality Education as a Constitutional Right".

Panelists shall include:
  • Russlynn Ali (Founder and CEO of the XQ Institute)
  • Danny Glover (Actor, Activist, and Algebra Project Board member)
  • Jamarria Hall (Advocate for Equitable Public Education, Recent Graduate of Detroit Public Schools)
  • Robert "Bob" Moses (Founder of the Algebra Project and SNCC veteran)
  • Mark Rosenbaum (Attorney for the Detroit Children in the 6th Circuit Court decision)
  • and will be moderated by B.J. Walker (Algebra Project Board member) 
The online flyer includes a "sign me up" button to access the free registration for the virtual Town Hall; registrants will receive the link to the event a day before the event (this Weds, 7/8, in prep for the 7/9 event). 
Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit on April 23, 2020 recognized a constitutional right of foundational literacy under the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision addressed conditions for students in Detroit public schools, but it elevated the argument around the need to educate all children to at minimum a 21st Century standard of basic literacy. 
(For more on the status of this Detroit foundational literacy case, please see: 
https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2020/06/10/right-literacy-ruling-stands-court-rejects-legislatures-appeal/5337778002/ )

This work is closely associated with the educational equity work of our INCLUDES National Network members, the emerging national "We the People - Math Literacy for All" Alliance, whose Shared Values Statement is dedicated to ensuring that students from historically under-resourced and marginalized schools and communities are given access to structured opportunities to gain the mathematics literacy they need to be prepared to graduate from high school able to do college mathematics without remediation or pursue careers without their mathematics education being an obstacle.

Please sign up and join the conversation on July 9 at 2 pm ET.