Talk Out of School

A Conversation About the Fight Against NYC School Budget Cuts - w/ Prof. Noliwe Rooks, Matt Gonzales and Shoshana Brown

Episode Summary

Daniel speaks to Professor Noliwe Rooks, chair of Africana Studies at Brown University, about the links between segrenomics & looming budget cuts to New York City schools by New York City's mayor; Also, with educators & activists, Matt Gonzales and Shoshana Brown, educators about the protest actions to fight these cuts and the impact.

Episode Notes

Related links:

Mayor Adams called protestors "clowns" and blamed Albany for his budget cuts to schools last night

Updated analysis: total Galaxy school cuts as of July 14 now at $1.42 billion

AQE Digital Toolkit - #RestoreTheCuts

People's Rally to Restore School Budgets - Sunday, July 17th at 10 AM, Bennet Park,  Upper Manhattan

Rally for Our Schools - Monday, July 19th,  10 AM, Tweed, Manhattan

Join Bird Dogging Efforts With People's Plan NYC

Protesters against school budget cuts escorted out of mayoral event

Focus returns to NYC’s per-student funding formula as school budget cuts loom