On March 28, 2012, BAMN led a sit-in at the Oakland School Board meeting demanding they rescind the closing of 5 elementary schools.
By the end of the night, ten of us were arrested and we got out our message to the media. We fired the opening shot in the fight to save Oakland’s schools.
Links to TV news coverage:
KTVU Channel 2 (includes footage of arrests): Day 1 Day 2
KRON Channel 4: Story
KPIX Channel 5: Story
KGO Channel 7: Story
Univision Channel 14: Story
STATEMENTS TO SCHOOL BOARD:
Oakland student and parent
UC-Berkeley student and BAMN organizer Stephanie Hoang
UC-Berkeley student and BAMN organizer Matt Williams
Oakland parent
Clifton Harrison, grandparent of Lakeview Elementary students
BAMN organizer Caroline Wong
TAKING OVER THE MEETING
SPEECHES FROM SIT-IN
Clifton Harrison, grandparent of Lakeview Elementary students
Cora, Lakeview Elementary student
Oakland teacher and BAMN organizer Mark Airgood
UC-Berkeley student and BAMN organizer Matt Williams
BAMN organizer and attorney Monica Smith
Skyline High School student and BAMN organizer Steven Wong
Oakland teacher and BAMN organizer Tania Kappner
Berkeley teacher and BAMN organizer Yvette Felarca
Yvette Felarca on the strategy that can stop the school closings
