Tag Archives: Ypsilanti Community Schools

Maybe now would be a good time for us to surround a local school, join hands, and let it be known that we intend to fight to preserve public education

By Mark | February 7, 2017

We got beat today. We just needed one vote to keep Betsy DeVos away from the Department of Education, and we couldn’t manage it. We waged one hell of an assault… occupying the offices of our Senators, jamming their phone lines, going after them with unprecedented enthusiasm them on social media… but it just didn’t […]

Posted in Education, Uncategorized | Also tagged Al Franken, Betsy DeVos, buying influence, buying politicians, Department of Education, education reform, for-profit charter schools, guns in schools, Holmes Elementary, public education, Secretary of Education, Senate, threats to public education, YCS | 27 Comments

Ypsi People Safeguarding Immigrants (Y.P.S.I.) to address the Ypsilanti School Board on Monday

By Mark | February 6, 2017

This Monday evening at 6:30, a number of concerned Ypsilantians will be gathering at the Ypsilanti Community Schools Administration Building [1885 Packard] to demand that the Ypsilanti School Board take aggressive action in the face of recent executive actions targeting immigrants. Kira Berman, Natalie Holbrook and Liz Dahl MacGregor, three of the women behind this […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged anti-immigrant, anti-immigration, discrimination, immigrant rights, immigrants, immigration, Kira Berman, Liz Dahl MacGregor, Muslim, Natalie Holbrook, non-discrimination, public education, Washtenaw ID Project, YCS, Ypsi People Safeguarding Immigrants, Ypsilanti School Board | 8 Comments

Ann Arbor Board of Education candidates discuss the dynamic between Ann Arbor and Ypsi school districts, the possibility of merger, and the fact that school policies are contributing toward segregation

By Mark | September 28, 2016

Last night, our friends at the League of Women Voters of the Ann Arbor Area hosted a televised event featuring the eight individuals running for the three open seats on the Ann Arbor School Board. While I’ve been unable to watch the archived Community Television Network stream, a friend just directed me toward the Annarbivore […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AAPS, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Ann Arbor School Board, Annarbivore, Deb Mexicotte, Don Wilkerson, Harmony Mitchell, Hunter Van Valkenburgh, Jeff Gaynor, Jeremy Glick, League of Women Voters, Monet Tiedemann, Rebecca Lazarus, schools of choice, Simone Lightfoot, YCS | 12 Comments

John Sinclair on his efforts to bring down the U.S. government, superintendent Ben Edmondson on the state of Ypsi schools, and musician Cash Harrison on the inspirational power of heartache… on episode 49 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | September 19, 2016

The last episode of the Saturday Six Pack is now available online. If you’re so inclined, you can either scroll to the bottom of this post, where you’ll find the Soundcloud audio embedded, or just click over to iTunes, were you can download it in podcast form. I know it doesn’t mean much coming from […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Education, History, Politics, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1960's, 1968, 1969, 1971, Alan Haber, Albion College, Beach Boys, beatniks, Benjamin Edmondson, Bill Haley and His Comets, black Muslim, Black Muslims in America, Black Panthers, black separatism, Bleak house, bombs, Brendan Toller, Buick, Cash Harrison, Charles Dickens, Chick Berry, Chris Sandon, Chuck Berry, CIA, class, communes, cops, Danny Fields, Danny Says, Dave Valler, Davison, Detroit Riot, dismantling of public education, Domino's, Domino's Pizza, Down Beat, dropouts, drug fiends, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Elijah Mohammed, Flint, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, fucking, Grande Ballroom, greasers, guns, hippies, hipster, hipsters, Huey P. Newton, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, James Osterberg Jr, Jazz, John Lennon, John Sinclair, John Sinclair Freedom Rally, Leni Sinclair, Malcolm X, marijuana, Maybellene, MC5, Miles Davis, Mothers of Invention, Muhammed Speaks, music, Nation of Islam, panties, Patrick Elkins, police, pot, poverty, President Dave, prison, prison reform, Psychedelic Rangers, public education, punk rock, Pussy Riot, R&B, race and poverty, racism, revolution, rhetoric of violent revolution, rhythm and blues, Rob Tyner, Rock and Roll, SDS, Shaka Senghor, Students for a Democratic Society, Tanya Bowman, The Eagles, threats to public education, Tom Hayden, Trans-Love Energies, University of Michigan, White Panther Party, Xavier Small, YCS, Yoko Ono | 7 Comments

Sticks & Stones

By Mark | August 7, 2016

I couldn’t attend, as I left work Friday afternoon to drive to Kentucky for a wedding, but it looks as though yesterday’s Sticks & Stones art happening in downtown Ypsi went really well. Here, with a recap, is a short interview with Nick and Yen Azzaro of Chin Azzaro Studio about the event, which was […]