[AAACE-NLA] Guest Blog Discussion with the SaveAdultEd.org Campaign Organizers

Fri Mar 2 08:20:08 EST 2012

Dear AAACE-NLA Members,

You may have been following the SaveAdultEd.org advocacy campaign-a
grassroots response to the proposed elimination of adult education in Los
Angeles. Several organizers from this campaign will be guest blogging for
the National Coalition for Literacy next week, leading up to the school
board vote to preserve or eliminate adult education in L.A. See below for
more information or visit:
http://blog.ncladvocacy.org/2012/03/cut-the-excuses-not-education/ 

It starts on Monday, so please sign up today to participate and to have a
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 <http://capwiz.com/ncl/utr/1/BKSRRLERYK/EBABRLGXNF/7992006421> Cut the
Excuses Not Education!

How SaveAdultEd.org Is Fighting the Proposal to Eliminate Adult Education in
L.A.

Guest Blog Discussion Series

March 5-13, 2012

Join us March 5-13 on the NCL Advocacy Blog
<http://capwiz.com/ncl/utr/1/BKSRRLERYK/FSYQRLGXNG/7992006421>  where
several organizers from the SaveAdultEd.org
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will blog about their experiences in organizing and galvanizing one of the
largest local grassroots responses for adult education in recent years. You
will have the opportunity to interact with our guests, add your voice to
their campaign, and get live updates on the outcomes of their efforts.

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article will be posted each day, March 5-9, 2012. 

Background

The LA Unified School District (LAUSD) in California has proposed to
eliminate funding for Adult and Career Education for FY2012-13. The LAUSD
Board of Directors has reduced funding these last few years due to a 2009
ruling by the California state legislature that has put adult education
funds in jeopardy[i] <> . However, this unprecedented proposal-to eliminate
funding for one of the largest adult education programs in the nation-has
prompted an unprecedented response from the L.A. community and captured
national attention. On March 13, the school board will vote on whether to
preserve or eliminate adult education funding in the District.

Guest Bloggers

Description: Sean AbajianOrganizing 3.0, leveraging the "internet of things"
in mobilizing communities across 710 square miles 

Sean C. Abajian, Organizer, SaveAdultEd Campaign

-Sean C. Abajian is a campaign organizer and digital strategist with the
SaveAdultEd Campaign 

Description: Matthew KoganOrganizing to Defend Adult Education

Matthew Kogan, Chair, Adult Education United Teachers Los Angeles
-Our committee is organizing teachers and adult education students to make
clear to our school board the essential nature of adult education to the
community we serve and the strength of community support for adult
education. 

Description: Jose LaraEducation for the 99%: How the top 1% is destroying
Pubic Education and What We Must Do to Stop it 

Jose Lara, Social Justice Educator/ Community Organizer, United Teachers Los
Angeles  

-Jose Lara is a community organizer, adult education activist and a leader
of #OccupyLAUSD, a grassroots campaign linking the 1% influence in
privatizing public education.

Description: left-Evelyn_Escalante-right_Blanca_PerezOrganizing Adult
Students in the Struggle to Save Adult Education in LAUSD

Blanca Perez, President, United Adult Students & Evelyn Escalante, Vice
President, United Adult Students

-Blanca and Evelyn are key organizers in developing a citywide organization
of student leadership that is educating the community on the issues,
mobilizing for grassroots petition signatures collection, and organizing
local and citywide rallies with unprecedented numbers of adult students and
concerned community members.  They have also led numerous delegations of
constituent student groups to meet with elected officials at all levels of
government, local, state and federal.

More guest bloggers to be announced as the campaign progresses.

Resources:

*	SaveAdultEd Blog
<http://capwiz.com/ncl/utr/1/BKSRRLERYK/BTIERLGXNK/7992006421>  
*	SaveAdultEd on Twitter @SaveAdultEd
<http://capwiz.com/ncl/utr/1/BKSRRLERYK/HTGNRLGXNL/7992006421> 
*	National Coalition for Literacy Urges LAUSD Board to Preserve
Funding for Adult Education
<http://capwiz.com/ncl/utr/1/BKSRRLERYK/JOSVRLGXNN/7992006421>  
*	With Budgets Slashed, Adult Education Programs Struggle to Keep
Lights On <http://capwiz.com/ncl/utr/1/BKSRRLERYK/LPEHRLGXNO/7992006421> 

 News:

*	Local Students and Teachers Protest Adult Education Cuts
<http://capwiz.com/ncl/utr/1/BKSRRLERYK/JQDFRLGXNP/7992006421> 
*	Hundreds Protest L.A. Unified for Adult Education
<http://capwiz.com/ncl/utr/1/BKSRRLERYK/JTXPRLGXNQ/7992006421>  
*	LAUSD Adult Education Safe for Now
<http://capwiz.com/ncl/utr/1/BKSRRLERYK/NVUKRLGXNR/7992006421>  
*	L.A. Times: Adult Education on L.A. Unified
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