JUSTICE FOR HILDA NOW! #BringBackHilda: Video Available Of August 29, 2019 Accelerated Schools Board Meeting Michael Kohlhaas Dot Org

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JUSTICE FOR HILDA NOW! #BringBackHilda
 Video Available Of August 29, 2019 Accelerated Schools Board Meeting 

Sign the Petition to Reinstate Hilda at TAS

Only July 11, 2019, Hilda Rodriguez-Guzman, a SEIU Local 99 Member and dedicated education worker, was unjustly let go right before the new school year from her job at The Accelerated Schools (TAS).

Hilda was among the first group of parents to enroll their child in TAS when the school first opened its doors. Her oldest daughter, Kristina, started there in kindergarten and her other two children followed suit when they came of age. When Kristina reached the 8th grade, Hilda and a group of parents successfully petitioned the TAS Board of Directors to expand their program to what is now the Wallis Annenberg High School. Her daughter and her peers were the first graduating class.

She believed so much in the ideals of TAS that when the opportunity arose, she went to work there as a Student Health Services Coordinator. She was a key resource for students on campus, treating minor school-related injuries, reaching out to and coordinating with parents if their child was feeling ill or suffered a serious injury, and supporting the general well-being of all TAS students. Until she was let go, it was a job she dedicated 10 years to with pride, care and love for the young learners she served.

For her, being the school’s go-to person for student health has been more than just a job. As a life-long resident of South Los Angeles, she wanted to serve her community and improve the health disparities and education of students. And as a parent of former TAS students, Hilda has built strong bonds with students and parents. Although a new RN can do the job, her deep ties in the community are needed more than ever.

We believe Hilda was terminated by TAS management in retaliation for her advocacy work on behalf of  employees and students. We condemn retaliation against any employee for protected union activities. Parents, community, students, and staff are demanding TAS reinstate Hilda’s job. Join the call!

VIDEO AVAILABLE OF AUGUST 29, 2019 ACCELERATED SCHOOLS BOARD MEETING — PROTESTORS SPEAK POWERFULLY IN SUPPORT OF HILDA RODRIGUEZ-GUZMAN — FIRED BY THE BOARD FOR INSUBORDINATION — WHICH EQUALS SAYING SOMETHING TRUE ON THE RADIO — ALL WHITE BOARD CREDIBLY ACCUSED BY ACTIVIST BEVERLY ROBERTS OF LACKING DIVERSITY — DEMONIC WHITE SUPREMACIST NIGHTMARE MARIONETTE AND BOARD PRESIDENT JULI QUINN NOT ONLY WON’T EXPLAIN SHE SAYS SHE DOESN’T HAVE TO EXPLAIN — LATER SHE MENTIONS BOARD MEMBER BINTI YOST — WHO HAS DARKISH SKIN AND THEREFORE EVIDENTLY IN THE MIND OF JULI QUINN COUNTS AS “DIVERSITY” — AND SAYS “WE DO HAVE SOME DIVERSITY ON THE BOARD, UNFORTUNATELY THEY’RE JUST NOT HERE” — AND THEN EXPLAINS HOW THEY WANT TO HAVE PARENT REPS ON THE BOARD — BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO BE TRAINED ALL SUMMER TO BE “MORE VERBAL AND ABLE TO ASSIST US ON THE BOARD” — BECAUSE JULI QUINN IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST — AND THIS IS LESS THAN TEN MINUTES OUT OF THREE FREAKING HOURS OF VIDEO

I went to my first board meeting of The Accelerated Charter Schools last Thursday, and what a freaking horror show it turned out to be. Here’s the video, almost three damn hours of it, on YouTube and also on Archive.org for ease of downloading.1 The meeting started out with a series of moving public comments in support of Hilda Rodriguez-Guzman, unceremoniously and unjustly fired by TAS last month in retaliation for her activism. Here’s my Twitter thread on that with links to some comments, and it is well worth watching the whole thing, which starts here.

In particular, though, see this comment by community activist Beverly Roberts, who wants to know why the board members present are all white when they’re running a school in South Los Angeles. She waits for an answer until the point where Juli P. Quinn, president of the board, who has a guilty conscience and a bad case of demonic possession, just seething with anger, with privilege, with rage at Roberts’s insubordinance, tells her out freaking loud that “this is public comment, we don’t need to respond.” The protest essentially lasted for the first half hour of this interminable meeting, ending with this exceedingly dramatic exit.

But the meeting went on for more than two hours after that. And as tedious as it was it was nevertheless filled with revelations.2 And there are far, far too many for one post, as usual, so I’m going to have to lay it on you in increments. Today’s episode has to do with surprisingly life-like horrible white supremacist nightmare CONTINUE READING: Video Available Of August 29, 2019 Accelerated Schools Board Meeting —