20th Anniversary Of PURE Tonight [html]Like 'em or loathe 'em, you have to give PURE some credit for being around for 20 years now. Few nonprofits make it that long. They're celebrating their 20th tonight: A proud history - 10 years of ELSIE award winners "From the Gale LSC's Dennis Weakly in 1997 up through Sandra Brigando from the Salazar LSC, these are stories of personal courage in the face of a misguided and often malevolent CPS bureaucracy." Some other awardees include the Stowe LSC (1998), Zapata LSC (1999), Finkl (2000), Boone, Lindblom, and Little Village (2001), Canter, Smith, and Truth (2002), Songhie (2003), Thorpe (2004), Sandra Brigando of from Sandoval (2005). PURE Celebrates 20 Years[/html]
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Mon Dec 3, 2007 at 4:54 PM
20th Anniversary Of PURE Tonight
Congratulations PURE. Keep up the good work. Glad to see that your organization does not interfere with LSC's during their meetings like Designs for Change did at a Curie LSC meeting last january when Valencia Rias told former principal Jones supporters to leave.
This is your night PURE enjoy and good luck for the next 20 years.
This is your night PURE enjoy and good luck for the next 20 years.
Tue Dec 4, 2007 at 4:22 AM
20th Anniversary Of PURE Tonight
There were nearly 200 people at last night's PURE event, including retired CPS officials and political leaders. Speakers included City Clerk Miguel DelValle and State Senator Kimberly Lightford. One of the most interesting topics was how Arne Duncan and Rufus Williams had to get Republican legislators to try and push through their anti-LSC legislation last Spring on behalf of Mayor Daley -- a flashback, really, to when the most reactionary Republicans (Jim Edgar, Pate Phillip, Dan Cronin) gave dictatorial control over Chicago's public schools to Daley in 1995, relaunching the fraudulent "CEO Model" of urban corporate school reform on the USA.
PURE and the others have had the courage to stand up to totalitarianism and point out that for all the millions of dollars in expensive public relations and marketing hype, the poorest children in Chicago's public schools are worse off today than they were 12 years ago when Daley was crowned Emperor of CPS. With the facts in and Daley's privatization and anti public school agendas now a matter of the historical record, the tide is turning, as last night's turnout showed.
PURE and the others have had the courage to stand up to totalitarianism and point out that for all the millions of dollars in expensive public relations and marketing hype, the poorest children in Chicago's public schools are worse off today than they were 12 years ago when Daley was crowned Emperor of CPS. With the facts in and Daley's privatization and anti public school agendas now a matter of the historical record, the tide is turning, as last night's turnout showed.
Tue Dec 4, 2007 at 11:55 PM
20th Anniversary Of PURE Tonight
here are three pics from the PURE event, courtesy of George:
First. PURE founder Bernie Noven with PURE Executive Director Julie
Woestehoff at PURE's 20th Anniversary party on December 3, 2007.
Second: Miguel DelValle, City Clerk and former State Senator, delivered
a rousing keynote address to the anniversary crowd, recounting the
history of the school reforms of the 1980s and how local school
councils have always required strong democratic defense.
State Senator Kimberly Lightford (with Wanda Hopkins of PURE) spoke to
the evening's crowd as well, promising continued support for local
school councils even if Arne Duncan and Rufush Williams try again to
destroy LSCs as they did last Spring in the Illinois General Assembly.
Credit: George Schmidt, Substance, www.substancenews.net
First. PURE founder Bernie Noven with PURE Executive Director Julie
Woestehoff at PURE's 20th Anniversary party on December 3, 2007.
a rousing keynote address to the anniversary crowd, recounting the
history of the school reforms of the 1980s and how local school
councils have always required strong democratic defense.
the evening's crowd as well, promising continued support for local
school councils even if Arne Duncan and Rufush Williams try again to
destroy LSCs as they did last Spring in the Illinois General Assembly.
Credit: George Schmidt, Substance, www.substancenews.net
Wed Dec 5, 2007 at 3:12 PM
20th Anniversary Of PURE Tonight
"Totalitarianism?"
"Emperor?"
Come on . . . a bit extreme don't you think?
"200 people" in attendance? "The Tide is turning?"
A bit of an overstatement, there again!
PURE tends to be more like another ripple in the vast ocean of school reform rather than the tsunami that George over glorifies!
"Emperor?"
Come on . . . a bit extreme don't you think?
"200 people" in attendance? "The Tide is turning?"
A bit of an overstatement, there again!
PURE tends to be more like another ripple in the vast ocean of school reform rather than the tsunami that George over glorifies!
Thu Dec 6, 2007 at 5:21 PM
20th Anniversary Of PURE Tonight
Did PURE give the Curie LSC an award for ousting the principal and for winning in Arbritation? Or nothing was noted about those members who worked hard and these organizations want to be on the news for their (Curie LSC) work.
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