There are at least a dozen anti-immigrant bills that will be passed in Arizona this year, including one (SB1225) by Democrat Kyrsten Sinema as the “tough on immigration” hysteria spreads through our state legislature.
This week high school students in Phoenix said YA BASTA and walked out and marched to the state capitol.
These bills affect them by cutting funding for colleges by 20% next year, and not allowing some of them who are undocumented to attend. Steve Gallardo, the state senator who walked and talked with the students, is also the author of a bill known as the Arizona DREAM Act.
Next week Spring Break at the Capitol begins as Arizonans from around the state converge to let their voices be heard at the center of our democracy.
Thousands of New Jersey high school students participated in a
walkout today in protest of recent education cuts — all because of a call to action on Facebook.
The event was organized by 18-year-old
Michelle Ryan Lauto — a Pace University student who once attended high
school in New Jersey. Lauto decided to take action after Governor Chris
Christie announced that he would be cutting $820 million in educational
funding for next year, according to the Hartford Courant.
Nearly 15,000 students
RSVP’d “Yes” via Facebook, but we’re not sure how many actually
participated — still, sources like The Star Ledger report that students from several
schools joined in the walkout. Check out footage of the protest below:
Newark students walk out of school, take City Hall
According to students who took part in the protest, it was largely organized via social networking efforts — texts, MySpace and, of course, the original Facebook Event. Lauto has been tweeting about the walkout all day, expressing her joy at the turnout and excitement about the barrage of interview requests she has received from the media. In fact, we’re currently waiting on comment from Lauto, who — last she e-mailed us — was preparing to meet a camera crew at her house.
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