HEAL Together groups, Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment, and Tennessee For All are an example of bipartisan grassroots coalitions making significant impacts! Their organizing efforts have played a crucial role in preventing the passage of a voucher bill in TN.

'Strong public schools means that we're not fighting each other, that we're not hating each other, that we are thriving together & working toward making the world as wonderful as it can possibly be.' Jerry Wilson, Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED)

Join us at bit.ly/psstraining on Tue, May 14th!

.PEN America's new report documents over 4,000 cases of book bans in the fall of 2023 — a significant increase from previous years. Good news is that book bans are unpopular and all across the country, communities are fighting back.

Read the full report→pen.org/report/narrati…

We’re training leaders in every school district to demonstrate broad support for honest, equitable & fully-funded public ed. We’re fighting back against the attacks on our schools, students & educators.

Join our #PublicSchoolStrong training on May 14th! bit.ly/psstraining

The fight continues to make sure EVERY student has the resources they need to thrive. LET'S MAKE TENNESSEE #PublicSchoolStrong ! Join the movement TODAY!

This was won by everyday people — parents, neighbors, students, faith leaders across the state. We're going to keep working for the things we know our schools need.” - Liv Cook, Organizer with SOCM and TN4ALL. #PublicSchoolStrong tennessean.com/story/news/edu…

TEA President Tanya T. Coats: '90% of Tennessee’s students are educated in public schools, and today is a great day for them and their parents. On behalf of our students, I want to thank the legislators who stood strong for our state’s children.' TNEA.org/vouchers-are-b…

We won!! This was only possible because of parents, students, educators and community members organizing together across the state.

Congratulations to everyone who gave their time to this effort, here’s some of what we did together:

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A multi-million dollar effort led by Gov. Greg Abbott, primarily funded by out-of-state billionaires who aim to spread voucher schemes and for-profit education nationwide, is threatening Texas' rural community schools.

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