Occupy Education California holds outdoor classroom-style events
The group known as Occupy Education California, which orchestrated the 99 Mile March for Education and Social Justice held in early March, is planning to hold outdoor classroom-style events in public parks around the Bay Area in July.
According to Elizabeth de Martelly, a UC Berkeley graduate student and one of the events’ organizers, these events are designed to raise public awareness about issues concerning the current state of public education in California.
“Public education in California is severely underfunded and becoming increasingly privatized, and there have been attacks on teachers,” de Martelly said. “We really need to distribute education in a time where there is a scarcity of education.”
De Martelly said these events — which will emulate the style of “Theater of the Oppressed,” where the audience becomes active participants in the