Last Wednesday the Oakland School Board voted 5-2 to begin the first phase of a multi-year plan to shut down...
Category: <span>Defend Public Education</span>
31.102011November 1, 2011

All Out for the Oakland General Strike Wednesday, November 2!
By BAMNIn Defend Public Education, Immigrant Rights, Police Brutality and Corruption, Stop Deportations! Sanctuary for Immigrants!Tags black power, General Strike, mass occupation, mass resistance, Mayor Jean Quan, no school closures, oakland, Oakland School Board, Occupy Oakland, oscar grant, police brutality, sanctuary for immigrants
Mayor Jean Quan Must Go! Jail the Cops Responsible for Attacking Protesters! Mass Convergence on 14th Street and Broadway 9:00...
15.102011October 25, 2011

Argument for Affirmative Action Part 2
By BAMNIn Affirmative Action and K-12 Integration, Hostile Campus ClimateTags admissions, affirmative action, GPA, grade point average, higher education, inequality, integration, race-neutral, racism, segregation, separate and unequal, sexism
The Myth of Meritocracy, continued Why GPA is not a race-neutral admissions criterion From Kindergarten through...
13.102011December 3, 2011

Eliminate the SAT Now!
By BAMNIn Affirmative Action and K-12 Integration, Defend Public EducationTags racism, sat, standardized tests, student activism, testing
Answers to Common Questions About the SAT “In 1997, black students from families with incomes between $80,000 and $100,000 did...
12.102011October 12, 2011

Rally to Demand Action Against Racist Attacks at MSU!
By BAMNIn Affirmative Action and K-12 Integration, Hostile Campus ClimateTags hostile campus climate, KKK, lynching, Michigan state university, New Jim Crow, noose, racism, racist attacks, racist epithets
TAKE OUR FIGHT TO THE Michigan State ADMINISTRATION Black, Latino/a and All Minority Students are Here to Stay! Rally at...
12.102011October 15, 2011

Undocumented BAMN Student Responds to Passage of AB 131
By BAMNIn Defend Public Education, Dream Act, DACA and the Dreamers, Immigrant RightsTags ab 131, california dream act, civil rights, Immigrants Rights, student activism
The passage of the California DREAM Act on 10/8/11 marks an historic victory for the immigrant rights movement in America....