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Below is a list of a few of the activities within the School Victories system. Search for activities of interest to you and click the title of an activity to learn more about that activity. Click the group name or icon on the left to learn more about that group.

  • Philadelphia Student Union
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    The Philadelphia Student Union Opposes Vouchers
    Policy Activity
    05/12/2011 - 12:58

    The Philadelphia Student Union opposes Senate Bill 1, also known as, Opportunity Scholarships, and Educational Improvement Tax Credit (Vouchers) for the following reasons:

    • Vouchers are about handing taxpayer money to private enterprise.  Not about equity for students.
    • Taxpayer money should stay in our schools and our neighborhoods.
    • Vouchers will do nothing to improve public education.  They will help private schools stay open while our public schools close.
  • Philadelphia Student Union
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    Bringing Harrisburg Students into Nonviolence & School Funding Campaigns
    Organizing Activity
    05/20/2010 - 00:50

    On April 19th, we traveled to Harrisburg PA to meet with students from Harrisburg's William Penn High School and engage them in our Campaign for Nonviolent Schools and our Campaign for Equitable School Funding. We  met with Harrisburg students in the William Penn HS library after school and led a participatory workshop that explored the root causes of violence in our schools and communities.
     

  • Philadelphia Student Union
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    Community Account: Success Stories from PA’s Education Investment
    Research and Reporting Activity
    03/02/2010 - 15:29

    Philadelphia Student Union played a key role in creating a 2009 brochure entitled, "Community Account: Success Stories from PA’s Education Investment." Download it here: http://www.phillystudentunion.org/phillystudentunion/documents/Community...
     

  • Philadelphia Student Union
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    Regional Student Summit
    Organizing Activity
    03/02/2010 - 14:14

    In the Fall of 2008, Philadelphia Student Union held a Regional Student Summit. Over 150 students from high schools across Southeast Pennsylvania participated in youth-led educational workshops and discussions, aimed at engaging students in building a vision for public education. Workshops and caucuses built the on-going statewide campaign for equal school funding, encouraging student leadership and fostering deeper student and parent involvement in high school reform. All of the 14 workshops that took place were facilitated solely by student members of PSU.

  • Philadelphia Student Union
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    Youth-Produced Multimedia Programs
    Organizing Activity
    04/07/2010 - 00:19

    Philadelphia Student Union has built several media programs that offer our members technical skills, foster critical thinking and communication skills, and build leadership. Through these programs, students learn how to create media that can be used as a tool for organizing. Our media programs include radio, video, newsletter, blogging and music production.
     

  • Philadelphia Student Union
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    Citywide Saturday Meetings
    Organizing Activity
    04/07/2010 - 00:30

    Every Saturday from 1-4 pm,  young people from 17 different high and middle schools in Philadelphia come together to undergo leadership development training in a peer-led space that enables them to identify issues, research and reflect on causes, and develop solutions through organizing and media campaigns.  No young people are paid, but they are fed pizza and given tokens for transportation.

  • Philadelphia Student Union
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    Student Training of School Security
    Policy Activity
    04/07/2010 - 00:12

    At Sayre High School, a neighborhood high school in the West Philadelphia community, student leaders won the right to be involved in the professional development of their school security guards.

  • Philadelphia Student Union
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    MLK Day: Call to Witness and Action
    Organizing Activity
    04/07/2010 - 02:33

    The MLK Day Call to Witness and Action was the kick off of our Campaign to End Shool Violence and the School to Prison Pipeline.  Student leaders mobilized over 600 people to take a pledge of nonviolence.  Nineteen groups co-sponsored the event including churches and community and student organizations and networks.  Attendees included Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, State Representative Vanessa Brown, and Democratic Candidate for Governor Joe Hoeffel.

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