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Raise Your Hand takes hundreds of hours a month to research issues, plan events, launch campaigns and conduct grassroots organizing around public education. With your support, we can advocate for a parent voice in public school policy and equitable and sustainable school funding. Your generous, tax-deductible contribution is needed to improve education for all children in Chicago and the state of Illinois.

 

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  • Better Government Association invites RYH to speak at Citizen Watchdog Training
  • Education Reformer Diane Ravitch at UIC
  • Education Summit at Northside College Prep
  • Fit for Learning Forum
  • Rally for Better Education: Moms March on Madigan
  • Fall 2011 All-Schools Meeting
  • Southside Preschool and Elementary Fair

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  • .@WBEZeducation covering Bontemps on last day of scl. @WBEZ we need educ reporters like LL/BV. How can we help keep both pos? — 53 min 3 sec ago
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