“Children are 100 percent of our future”…Thom Hartmann talks to Lily Esklsen at the Netroots Nation Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Fighting for Public Ed @ Netroots
Join us (from your nearest connected device) to watch Lily on the panel at which will spotlight the push to commercialize and privatize public education. How can progressives successfully challenge the powerful forces behind misguided school reform efforts? How can activists use the blogosphere to move public education policies toward a more progressive agenda?
Watch from at livestream.com
Markos and Lily: Dreaming at Netroots Nation
Markos and Lily at Netroots Nation
Lily sat down with Markos Moulistas founder of and had a frank, open and compelling conversation about the , politics, organizing and how activists and educators can make a difference in their communities and in the nation.
The Dream Act would allow with good character to obtain conditional permanent resident status after high school graduation, and then apply for citizenship if they successfully graduate from college or join the military.
Brought here as children, the United States is the only country they call home. Even though they have the same dreams as other American children, and have excelled in school, they live in the shadows of society, unable to work and put their years of schooling to use.
Here are some of the video highlights and
Take a Deep Breath
Because I work for a large organization that represents in our public schools, colleges and universities, .
I got to talk to Lou Dobbs (before his views on immigration apparently became an embarrassment to his station, and they canceled his show.) I got to be the Friendless Friend on Fox & Friends. I’ve been interviewed on radio by Claudio Sanchez and Diane Rheam and the fast-talking syndicated show en español, Piolin in the Morning. I get to talk a lot about children and public education.
But I never get to know if I’ve connected.
(watch Lily at Netroots Nation with TPM)