Mark Maynard | social justice

Students at Detroit’s Western High School walk out over planned school closings and cuts in education funding, chanting “They sat cut back! We say fight back!”

By Mark | April 29, 2012

Increasing, we’re seeing students in Detroit step-up and fight for the educations that they’re entitled to as American citizens. Every few weeks, it seems, there’s a different battle being waged. If it’s not kids being arrested for protesting the closing of their schools, it’s kids being suspended for having the audacity to demand that they [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Detroit, Education, Uncategorized | Also tagged Catherine Ferguson Academy, Clark Park, demands, Detroit Public Schools, Freddie Burse, Frederick Douglass Academy, free school, Maybury Elementary, Occupy Ypsilanti, poetry, Raychel Gafford, Roy Roberts, school closings, Southwest Detroit, Southwest Detroit Freedom School, Southwestern High School, Steve Wasko, students, the challenges of urban students, we need a revolution | 16 Comments

Maria Cotera on the consolidation of Ypsilanti and Willow Run schools

By Mark | April 19, 2012

As you may know, there’s a movement afoot to merge the struggling school districts of Ypsilanti and Willow Run. The hope is, if we’re able to accomplish this, it may save us some money, by eliminating redundancy. Perhaps more importantly, though, it would demonstrate to the Republicans in Lansing that we’re willing to do whatever [...]

Posted in Education, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andy Fanta, Chapelle Elementary, clubs, consolidation of services, dismantling of public education, East Middle School, education reform, Emergency Financial Manager, Kira Berman, Maria Cotera, MIke Flanagan, public education, restorative justice, save Chapelle, Washtenaw Intermediate School District, Willow Run, Willow Run Community Schools, Ypsi Public School District | 12 Comments

Johnny Lupinacci on this week’s “Activism and Education: A Celebration at EMU” activities

By Mark | March 18, 2012

I just heard about a big student activism event taking place this Thursday and Friday on the campus of EMU, and reached out the organizers with a few questions. What follows is my exchange with EMU doctoral student Johnny Lupinacci. MARK: Can you tell me a little about this event coming up at EMU? JOHNNY: [...]

Posted in Education, Environment, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 100 years ago today, ableism, activism, Activism and Education: A Celebration at EMU, Ann Arbor Free School, Ann Arbor Free Skool, apathy, Aric McBay, baby boomers, Bringing Down Civilization, Civilization and Resistance, community activism, community building, consumerism, decolonization, Deep Green Resistance, Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet, Derrick Jensen, Earth Liberation Front, Eastern Michigan University, eco justice, EcoEats, education reform, EMU, EMU College of Education, Erica Mooney, Fabayo Manzira, fear, G.R.E.E.N., Generation X, GenX, global climate change, hip hop, If A Tree Falls, individualism, isolation, Janine Palms, Jean Twenge, John Lupinacci, Johnny Lupinacci, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Lierre Keith, local food, Malik Yakini, Millennials, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Ypsilanti, Orion, permaculture, Porter Lecture, racism, radical sustainability, Reskilling Festival, S.E.P.E., seedbombs, self-interest, sexism, speciesm, student activism, students today aren't worth a damn, Superhero Training Academy, Sustainability | 11 Comments

Van Jones sets out to counter the Tea Party, and Rebuild the American Dream

By Mark | June 26, 2011

Obama’s former green jobs czar, Van Jones, launched a campaign in New York on Thursday called Rebuild the Dream. I’m watching video of the inaugural event now, and I’m torn. On one hand, I appreciate the thought behind it, and very much like the idea of a progressive, reality-based equivalent to the conservative Tea Party [...]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged AFL-CIO, American dream, Bush tax cuts, class warfare, deep patriotism, green jobs, infrastructure, July 5, MoveOn, populism, public education, Rebuild the Dream, tea party, The contract for the American Dream, Van Jones | 14 Comments

Ann Arbor Free School DIY Fest to be held this afternoon

By Mark | April 9, 2011

While I think I’m a little to old, angry and anti-social to participate personally, I thought that I’d pass along the following information about today’s workshops being offered by the folks at the Ann Arbor Free Skool. For those of you unfamiliar with the whole the free skool movement, here’s how the Ann Arbor group [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor | Also tagged Ann Arbor Free School, anti-consumerism, Basilosaurus, bike repair, community potlucks, consumerism, DIY, Do-It-Yourself Fest, Dr. Device, free lunch, free school, free skool, Free Speech, Future Genies, Ghoulie, guerrilla gardening, hippies, hippy college town, Luther House, Patrick Elkins, Philip Gingerich, radical sustainability, resources in the community, skill-based workshops, skillshare, Sustainability, University of Michigan natural history museum, vegan, whales, workshop | 11 Comments

Tag Archives: social justice

Students at Detroit’s Western High School walk out over planned school closings and cuts in education funding, chanting “They sat cut back! We say fight back!”

Maria Cotera on the consolidation of Ypsilanti and Willow Run schools

Johnny Lupinacci on this week’s “Activism and Education: A Celebration at EMU” activities

Van Jones sets out to counter the Tea Party, and Rebuild the American Dream

Ann Arbor Free School DIY Fest to be held this afternoon

Connect

Recent Comments

Elsewhere

Arts and Culture

Friends

Information, News & Politics

Organizations

SE Michigan Blogs

Special Projects

Ypsi Living

Search