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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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  • Receiving schls will not need to offer gym to stdnts from #cpsclosings schls. That enrichment will be covered thanks to longer walk to schl. — 17 min 8 sec ago
  • @LLchern sure, they did this to save____? No one will ever know. No financials. — 22 min ago
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