Sunday, July 24, 2011

Press Release: Out of the Box Doll Project (July 27th, before the SOS March and Rally in Washington, DC) « Cooperative Catalyst

Press Release: Out of the Box Doll Project (July 27th, before the SOS March and Rally in Washington, DC) « Cooperative Catalyst

Press Release: Out of the Box Doll Project (July 27th, before the SOS March and Rally in Washington, DC)

OUT OF THE BOX DOLL PROJECT

WHERE: THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. IN THE PLAZA ALONG MARYLAND AVENUE BY THE BOG SCHOOL BELL

DATE: WEDNESDAY July 27th

TIME: 12:00-2:00

The purpose of this event is to call attention to educators, students, parents and community members who have been facing increasing restrictions on their rights to a meaningful and democratic education due to policies over the last ten years going back to No Child Left Behind.

While it is students, teachers, and parents who have the greatest stake in the decisions being made in educational policy, they have the least voice and visibility. The purpose of the Out of the Box Doll project is to create a visible public space for these grass roots stake holders, usually marginalized from the decision making, to be seen and heard. The dolls in boxes are a visual representation of a collective stand in opposition to