“CENTURIES AND DECADES LATER I STAND BEFORE YOU URGING [YOU] TO ADDRESS THE DIRECT RESULTS OF GENERATIONAL TRAUMA THAT THE EDUCATION SYSTEM HAS IMPLICATED IN HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS OF COLOR AS OUR ROOTS AND IDENTITIES HAVE LARGELY BEEN NEGLECTED ALL ACROSS THE NATION.” - SALMA PEREZ, SFER CA
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OUR COUNTRY’S FUNDAMENTAL VALUES OF DIVERSITY AND OPPORTUNITY ARE AT STAKE WHEN WE FIGHT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM HAS NEVER SERVED BLACK & BROWN COMMUNITIES OR CONSIDERED THE VOICES OF ITS DIRECT STAKEHOLDERS: STUDENTS.
DIVISIVE NATIONAL POLITICS, GROWING ECONOMIC INSECURITY & DEEPENING RACIAL TENSIONS HAVE MADE IT DEVASTATINGLY CLEAR THAT WE NEED A NEW WAVE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN ORDER TO REHABILITATE OUR DEMOCRACY.
YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO LEAD A MOVEMENT FOR EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE BY SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
Betting on Young People
WE NEED TO INVEST IN YOUNG PEOPLE AS THE CHANGEMAKERS OF TODAY AND SYSTEM CHANGERS OF TOMORROW.
YOUNG PEOPLE DESERVE DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY TO SHAPE EDUCATION AND THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY EXIST.
YOUNG PEOPLE CAN LEAD AN EDUCATION MOVEMENT THAT TRANSCENDS DIVISIONS AND POLARIZATION OF THE PAST.
The Outcomes
WIN STUDENT DRIVEN, EQUITY-FOCUSED POLICY AGENDAS IN OUR CITIES
NEW GENERATION OF DIVERSE CIVIC LEADERS
CATALYZED MOVEMENT FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND JUSTICE
The Impact
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE PREMIER AUTHORITY ON EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND REWRITE THE RULES OF EDUCATION IN OUR COUNTRY.
SFER activates the next generation of diverse civic leaders who know what’s possible for all students because they’ve experienced success in building power in their communities through leadership development, grassroots organizing, and movement building.
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