Racism-free WPS

with the school committee set to look over our demands in 40 minutes, here's an overview of everything we're fighting for:

highlights from our first activist mentorship meeting <3

Vigil for #BreonnaTaylor at 8:15pm tonight in #Worcester #MA at City Hall facebook.com/events/1100954…

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Spread the word to all Worcester families! Free school supplies at our rally 💓

WORCESTER WYA ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Join us on September 14 at 5-7pm for a rally in Elm Park. We are also collecting donations for our WPS student school supply drive. SHOW OUT, DONATE, LET WORCESTER SCHOOLS HEAR YOUR VOICE.

JOIN US! If you align with our vision of defunding the police and reinvesting in our Worcester community, DM us or email us at defundworcesterpd@gmail.com to get involved! We are about to enter a new phase of our strategy and would love to include more folks in our organizing.

Our statement w/ @racismfreewps about the #Worcester School Committee meeting tonight: We look forward to the implementation of these nine items once they clear their respective subcommittees. Keep the pressure on drive.google.com/file/d/1fX1rYf…

That's a wrap on the School Committee meeting as far as @racismfreewps' petitions are concerned for the night! Tune back into this account at 7:00pm for our coverage of the Worcester Historical Museum's event on the WPD murder of Cristino Hernandez.

"Students are stakeholders in education and we ask them to get involved all the time... Students are telling you what they need for their education to be effective and that we've been ignoring them for a long time." - Gregory J, WPS teacher and Worcester resident

“There are 361 posts on the @RacismFreeWPS page.... there seems to be very credible patterns of the same behavior. It is not at all appropriate to be calling the validity of these stories into question.” - Emma N, Worcester resident

Racism is not this myth you want it to be. If your immediate reaction to someone’s traumatic instance of racism is denial, then that’s a projection of your own inability to see racism.

.@worcesterpublic schools must inform parents, teachers, and students through communication sent home at every step of the way as to the changes being done to fix WPS. Lead in water and Asbestos in the walls are inexcusable.

DEMAND 9 | ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION AND TRANSPARENCY We demand that Worcester Public Schools employ more clear and transparent plan of action in response to the elevated levels of lead and/or copper in the drinking water and the existence of PCBs and Asbestos-containing materials.

with the school committee set to look over our demands in 40 minutes, here's an overview of everything we're fighting for: