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Webinar: The Threat of Charter Schools – May 7, 2025

The near total privatization of New Orleans public schools had devastating consequences for communities, teaching staff, and students. Charter schools are linked to right-wing forces that seem unconcerned with effects of school closings. They are part of a greater scheme to privatize Medicare, the postal service, and parks and forests and affect other benefits that all should enjoy.
Charter schools can undermine public school financing via “sweeps” contracts and excessive lease agreements. It is possible to improve working conditions at charter schools through organizing, negotiating, and striking when necessary. The webinar will explore tactics and strategy for resisting school closures.
 
Hear from …
 
• Dave Cash, President, United Teachers of New Orleans
• Karen Francisco, Advocates for Public Education Policy (Colorado)
• Casandra Ulbrich, Ph.D., Network for Public Education
• Chris Baehrend, Chicago Teachers Union, Local 1, IFT-AFT/AFL-CIO
• Jitu Brown, Journey for Justice, Chicago Board of Education
• Don Fitz, Green Party of St. Louis (moderator)

Upcoming Events

Paris Crayton III’s Brothers of Affliction – Nov 5-8, 2026

Brothers of Affliction is a powerful and intimate drama about three estranged brothers brought together for one volatile night inside the home that still holds the scars of their childhood. Tyriq wants answers about the father who abandoned them, while Chris and Shane have spent years surviving by refusing to confront the past. As alcohol, anger, and old resentments loosen their defenses, buried memories surface, forcing the brothers to reckon with abuse, violence, abandonment, and the very different ways each learned to survive.

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OBS Appreciation Night Celebrating the Black Rep – Sept 23, 2026

Jazz, blues and gospel music carry us through Celie’s odyssey and all who affect her in this landmark musical based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Born into a life of brutality in the 19th century American South, Celie perseveres as everyone she loves slips through her fingers. Daring to survive against the odds, she discovers the power of her own voice and that love is worth believing in.

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