On August 1, 2003, Protest the opening of two NAACP Parent Information Centers with informational leafleting and picketing at two locations:
Sabathani Community Center (South Minneapolis, on E38th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue). from 11:00 AM (distribution of informational flyers only) until 12:30 PM Northside: Outside of the new Urban League building, NE corner of Plymouth and Penn Ave North. Picketing and informational leafleting from 1:00 PM to at least 3:00 PM Sponsor: An ad hoc committee of NAACP members (not a committee of the NAACP). Contact person: Doug Mann Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] By a two-thirds majority, the Minneapolis NAACP branch membership voted on June 28, 2003 to not open two proposed Parent Information Centers and to return $152,400 (plus interest) received from the state due to a conflict of interest and failure to oversee the implementation of an agreement to settle a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Education (approved by Courts in 2000). The NAACP sued the Minnesota Department of Education on behalf of public school students who are not getting an adequate education in the Minneapolis Public Schools. The NAACP has a duty to act as an advocate for the public school students it claims to represent. Link to full text of "Community Alert" to be distributed on August 1, 2003 http://educationright.tripod.com/id261.htm -Doug Mann, King Field TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
