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The latest news and perspectives on the fight for educational equity, from the voices of students and more.
Alex*, is a full-time student attending a local college. Alex lives at home, pays for most of her own expenses, and usually works two part-time jobs. In addition, she balances many financial, emotional and academic responsibilities...
The #OurTurn2020 Graduation Party on June 05, 2020 will be a celebration for our members and network and their family and friends to share in the milestone that graduations represent, especially for so many first-generation high school and college graduates! It is an honor to create a virtual event with...
Alex*, is a full-time student attending a local college. Alex lives at home, pays for most of her own expenses, and usually works two part-time jobs. In addition, she balances many financial, emotional and academic responsibilities while participating in campus activities and organizations for professional development....
The Minneapolis school board on Tuesday approved a sweeping and controversial plan that will reshape the state’s third-largest school district for years to come and shuffle thousands of students to new schools.
The school board voted 6-3 in favor of Superintendent Ed Graff’s redistricting plan for Minneapolis Public Schools during...
Kare11 News had a chat with Our Turn Minneapolis Public High School students Arielle, Estefania, Milena and Maya about the redistricting plan.
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We Urge the Board to Vote Yes on the Comprehensive District Design
Commentary from Minneapolis Public School students on the Comprehensive District Design to be voted on by the school board on May 12th.
Authors Arielle Elmore, Patrick Henry High School; Marianna Hefte, South High School; and Milena...
Originally published in Chalkbeat
My name is Amelia Federico, I’m a senior at DSST: Byers High School in Denver, and, like many of you, my life has been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic.
I was hanging out with some friends after school on March 12 when...
My name is Alan Antonio, currently I am a second year student at Santa Monica Community College and a lead organizer with Our Turn. Most importantly, I am the proud son of immigrants from Oaxaca, Mexico.
In 1996 my mom left everything she knew behind and...
Imagine being hungry, stepping into a restaurant with hopes of nourishment, only to be presented with a limited, unsatisfying menu. Or worse, someone has already decided what you are going to eat, and you know from previous experience it will make you sick. Or further still, what if someone believed...
My name is Isabelle Melendez, and I am currently a third year at the University of Denver, and a senior lead organizer at the Colorado Coalition.
On move-in day my first year, I was so excited to start the part of my life that I had been anticipating...
Jocelyne Asturias is a third-year college student at California State University, Long Beach. Her experiences growing up and attending school in Los Angeles sparked her interest in organizing with Our Turn. She believes that speaking out on the educational inequity low-income and first generations students face can spark...
The Minneapolis Public Schools district is facing an urgent, existential crisis of its own making. For decades, district decisions have had a racially unjust and inequitable impact on students in north and northeast Minneapolis, which, in turn, has driven many families of color out of the district.
These decisions have...
Educational equity can’t wait. Students in under-resourced schools know this because they’re experiencing the effects of injustice on a daily basis. They are seeing more affluent peers within their own district access opportunities they are not afforded. While one neighboring school is freezing in the winter, another has...