ALGEBRA PROJECT—CSI: ANNAPOLIS, FEB 6
Students Investigate Link between Crime, Youth Unemployment and School Underfunding
Conference at Asbury United Methodist , 87 West Street, Annapolis FROM 10:30AM – 1:00PM
MARCH TO RALLY AT STATE HOUSE STARTS AT 1:30 PM
Contact Information:
Chris Goodman
Baltimore Algebra Project
443-957-5346
Faye Brown
Baltimore Algebra Project
410-338-0679
Baltimore Algebra Project students will deliver a coffin and use crime scene tape to symbolically seal off government areas on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 as a protest against Gov. Martin O’Malley’s cuts to Thornton funding.
Education and Jobs in the Knowledge-Based Economy should be fully funded.
Angered by the Governor’s and General Assembly’s broken promises, students will show the connection between November’s repeal of the original Thornton legislation and crime in Baltimore City. The action takes on added significance following the recent murder of an Algebra Project student activist.
As mayor, Martin O’Malley called Algebra Project students to his office and urged them “to hold the Governor accountable” for failing to follow court orders in Bradford v. Md. State Board of Ed. (March 3, 2006). He claimed the state should “immediately pay the $800 million” owed.
Now as governor, his actions will lead to $50 million in cuts to education in Baltimore City for next year.
Students will begin with a teach-in/conference at Asbury United Methodist Church, 87 West Street, Annapolis from 10:30AM – 1:00PM.
At 1:30, students will begin a permitted march along West Street to the State House where they will establish a crime scene to investigate the high murder rate in Baltimore City. 200 participants are expected.
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References:
http://www.pr.com/press-release/77671
http://www.imagineachange.org
http://www.imagineachange.org/iacforum
http://www.pr.com/press-release/79373