Download flier for January 21 demo at Mayor Bloomberg's mansion

Download here the GEM / CAPE flier for the Thursday January 21 demonstration at
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's townhouse residence at 17 East 79th Street
on the block between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue

The demonstration will rally outside the mayor's mansion from 4 to 6:30 PM
Join us in support of the students, parents, and teachers
at the 22 school communities affected by the proposed closings & charter takeovers.

WHY AT HIS RESIDENCE?
Because Bloomberg is closing our schools
which are the lifeblood of our communities.
We need to bring this issue to where he lives!

WHY DO WE DEFEND OUR SCHOOLS?
Because these schools are remarkably successful,
given budget cuts, overcrowding and the high
needs students they serve.

WHAT DO OUR SCHOOLS
NEED? More support and greater resources! They
should not to be closed down and replaced by boutique or
charter schools that exclude our neediest children.

WHAT MORE CAN WE DO?
Put on the pressure! Call and email the Mayor,
Chancellor Klein, your State legislators, your City council
member and members of the Panel for Educational Policy
(PEP). For contact info, go to: nycpublicschoolparents.
blogspot.com


The coalition behind the demonstration is broad; the flier is drafted by the Grassroots Education Movement (GEM) and the Red Hook, Brooklyn affiliate of GEM, Concerned Advocates for Public Education (CAPE)
SPONSORED BY: The Emergency Coalition to Stop School Closings; including parents, teachers, and
students at PS 15k, Jamaica HS, William H. Maxwell CTE (list is in formation). For detailed information
about the rally, keep up to date at these blog sites: http://grassrootseducationmovement.blogspot.com,
or email: gemnyc@gmail.com, call 718-601-4901, or go to www.capeducation.blogspot.com.