Trainings for Parents and Caregivers
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Video: Simple Steps to Organizing in Your School District 101​​​​
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Learn ​the first steps to organizing in your local school district. Concerned about attacks like book bans? Is there an issue that isn't getting the response you think it deserves? This training is for you.
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Video: How to Start a School Advocacy Parent Group
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​​How to start up a group to organize parents and caregivers around issues in your school community. In this training, we'll go over structure, decision-making, and other tips that will be helpful to making change in your local school district.
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Video: Powers, Issues, & Strategy
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​Join MEJC for a strategy training on how to plan and win your issue-based campaign. Learn about power, how to strategically pick an issue and effectively plan a campaign to win meaningful change.
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Video: School Board Budgets & Advocacy
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​Learn how the local budget process works and the upcoming ways you can show up to get more attention and investment in mental health, transportation, teacher retention, or other issues in your district.
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Video: How to be a Spokesperson & Tell Your Story of Self
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Your story is an important one. Your story and your voice must be present when politicians or school boards are making decisions that will impact your life.
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Video: Online to Offline Organizing
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​Learn how to mobilize other education justice supporters online and turn them into offline activists. We'll also go over how to create engaging content and use the Internet to your advantage when organizing for public education in your district.
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School Funding
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MEJC's School Budget Recommendations for the 2024-2025 School Year
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Parents and educators again defeated another attempt to taking funds from the School Aid Fund as part of DeVos’ voucher scheme. Learn More
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MEJC's ESSER Recommendations for Healthy and Healing Schools
Community Schools & Discipline
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Lesser Intervention Plan Template for Discipline
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The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools: Community Schools Resources
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Check out Student Advocacy Center for various resources.
School Boards
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"What's it like Being on a School Board in Michigan?" event with current MI school board members
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Resource Equity Funders Collaborative (REFC): School Board Toolkit
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Candidates across Michigan have weighed in! Click here to search by school district for candidates responses to MEJC's statewide questionnaire for 2022 .​
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Jun 2023: Statement of Support for Educator Collective Bargaining from School Board Members across MI
Other Resources
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Freedom to Learn: No matter the zip code, no matter the disability, ALL of our kids must have the opportunity to learn in a way that allows them to thrive. Check out more info on ensuring our curriculums meet the needs of our students.
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#We Trust Our Teachers
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Educators are burnt out! Check out what is really going on.​
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Press Releases
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9/25/24 PRESS RELEASE: Restore Mental Health Education Funding
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11/30/23: STATEMENT: Two Years Since the Shooting at Oxford High School
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11/3/23: Public Statement: Debt Relief For Black And Brown School Districts Passes MI Legislature
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4/12/23: REPORT: 90% of Michigan Students Attend Schools Without Sufficient Funding
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3/7/23: Michigan Education Justice Coalition: Revised 3rd Grade Reading Law is a Win for Students
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2/8/23: Michigan Education Justice Coalition Reacts to Gov. Whitmer’s Education Budget Recommendations
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1/31/23: Michigan Education Justice Coalition Urges Lawmakers to Scrap 3rd Grade Retention Law
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1/25/23: Michigan Education Justice Coalition Reacts to Gov. Whitmer State of the State Address
Media Appearances
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11/1/2024: Bridge Michigan "Trans rights fights return as wedge in Michigan elections"
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9/26/24: WLNS Lansing "Michigan Lawmakers increase 2025 education budget"
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9/25/24: Bridge Michigan "Dems OK $125M for Michigan school safety, mental health. GOP wanted more"
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9/3/24: Bridge Michigan "Opinion: Education pork projects or fighting for scraps"
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8/17/24: In These Times "How to Listen to Michigan at the DNC in Chicago"
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5/14/24: Michigan Advance: "Enviros push back on bills giving tax breaks to data centers"
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4/30/24: WLNS Newsroom: "Education funding rally takes over the capitol steps"
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3/19/24: The 'Gander: "Opinion: Daylight Savings and early school start times hurt students"
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2/5/24: Michigan Advance: "Gilchrist joins launch of ‘right to read’ campaign"
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1/29/24: The 'Gander: "Opinion: Literacy is the civil rights issue of our time"
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1/23/24: Public News Service: "USDA funds 28 housing units in Michigan's Alpena County"
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10/12/23: Detroit Free Press: "Detroit students launch campaign around classroom conditions"
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10/6/23: The Michigan Vibe: "Michigan Capitol Lawn Hosts Billion Dollar Bake Sale"
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10/4/23: MIRS News: "Union-Backed Coalition Wants $4.5B More For Schools"
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10/4/23: Gongwer: "'Billion Dollar Bake Sale' Advocates for Increased School Funding"
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9/29/23: Michigan Independent: "Opinion: We must fully invest in public education for the sake of Michigan’s future"
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9/27/23: Herald Palladium: "Benton Harbor activists take aim at education funding gap”
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5/4/23: Midland Daily News: "Is tutoring enough to combat post-pandemic learning loss?"
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4/7/23: Bridge Michigan: "What Biden's proposal on transgender student athletes means to Michigan"
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For media inquiries, contact trina@miedjustice.org