Time to Wake some folks up…

OK guys…time to spread the word You’ve done a great job putting this blendspace together. Your research and podcasts and essays have certainly inspired me. Now let’s complete the job.

Change is difficult it doesn’t come easy. Martin Luther King once said, “The arc of the moral universe is long…but it bends towards justice.” It is up to us, to the bending.

We need to send our link out there into the world. There’s all sort of individuals who we could contact. New outlets are always significant. People like Keith Vidal’s mother or Michael Bell Sr. or Milton Hall’s grandma; folks who you’ve touched base with, or who you think may listen to you, those who care about this issue – try them. Congressional representatives at the State and Federal level need to be made aware of this issue! There’s organizations all over the country, ACLU and others trying to fight this battle – talk to them. Let them know that young people are awake. Pussy Riot. Common and John Legend. Your parents back in Europe. Educators at the university or high school level. NPR, PRI the World, WZZM….I don’t know – whoever you think could spread the word or formulate useful public policy to fight the battles. That’s what we need to do. That’s what this assignment is all about.

Each person is assigned to send this link along with a poignant e-mail to two people. Run the email by me before you send it…I will give you feedback and when it goes a grade. We can keep track of destinations on Google Classroom, here on this blog, and on the front board. You know how to write a letter – make it personal – make it significant – give the reader a reason to access that link. Who knows what’s possible.

So – two mailings – thirty points per. And we move on. Well done guys…well done.

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