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Thursday, June 27, 2024

Join Our Foundation Aid Testimony Prep Sessions

Hi Ashley,

The Foundation Aid school funding hearings are fast approaching! Join one of our prep sessions to find out what you need to know to be part of this process, so you're ready to make your voice heard.

Many hearings will be happening far from our high-need communities, like Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers, making it challenging for families and schools most reliant on Foundation Aid to attend in person. That's why we're cohosting two prep sessions in partnership with the Education Law Center, so you know everything you need to in order to participate and to prepare you for giving your testimony, whether it is in-person at a hearing or written and submitted online.

We'll be hosting the following virtual sessions:

Statewide session: Wednesday, July 10 from 6-7pm. Register here.
NYC session: Thursday, July 11 from 7-8pm. Register here.

Here's what we'll cover in these sessions:

Learn about the Foundation Aid review process and its importance
Understand what is and isn't covered by Foundation Aid funding
Explore guidelines on effectively preparing your testimony, including how to sign up to testify

We need to make sure any changes to the Foundation Aid formula account for what it really costs to give our public schools the resources they need to support our kids. Let's make sure every school and every student gets the resources and opportunities they need to thrive.

So before you check out for a well-earned summer break, take this chance to make a real impact on our schools and their future funding.

Thank you for your dedication to our schools and the future of our communities. We look forward to having you join us!

In solidarity,

Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari
Co-Executive Director
Alliance for Quality Education

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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Jamaal Bowman’s Fight for Justice: Our Struggle for Equity Continues

Hi Ashley,

Today we express our deep appreciation for the campaign that Congressman Jamaal Bowman and his team ran, one centered in love, equity, and a vision for a better future for all of us. Jamaal and his team fought valiantly for the future of Black and brown communities, for all of us, and his dedication to public education and a broader fight for justice show us how interconnected these battles for equity truly are.

While Congressman Bowman's loss in yesterday's primary election in New York's 16th Congressional District is weighing heavy on us now, we continue to fight for our shared vision of a multiracial democracy — one where standing against a genocide is not a debate, our public schools are fully funded, and food and housing insecurity is a thing of the past.

The opposing campaign's only goal, by contrast, was to sew fear and division, and the dirty tactics they resorted to proved hard to overcome - misinformation, racist tropes, and fear mongering disseminated over the airwaves and in mailers by AIPAC. We should all be concerned about the tens of millions of dollars spent to defeat an incumbent for speaking out against a genocide. It's a precursor of the unfolding fight we're going to see more often in districts across the country.

Like Jamaal, we are choosing not to give up, but move forward —to build people power and support those who fight for a future where every child has access to a quality public education and every community is free from inequity and discrimination.

Thank you, Jamaal, for your unwavering commitment to our kids and New York's future. We're going to continue fighting for justice, humanity, and equity for our kids, our working families, and the wider global community, and we know you will be right there along with us!

Are y'all ready to keep fighting? Cause we are.

In solidarity,

Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari
Co-Executive Director
Alliance for Quality Education

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