1 Start 2 Complete American educators and students are in crisis. Working and learning conditions inside school buildings are in terrible shape. Educators and students have been under a sustained attack from disinvestment and disrepair, privatization, crumbling school buildings (sometimes even without heat or air conditioning), toxins like asbestos and lead, polluted air and weather disasters, COVID death and long illness, gun violence, and burnout. Educators also desperately need wage increases, The morale of teachers is at an all time low, and most have thought about quitting teaching altogether! Students can’t learn and teachers can’t teach, if they’re sick, neglected, and under-resourced. Now is the time to finally go on offense. Educators and youth are organizing to fight back, and there are huge opportunities to take advantage of. Congress passed legislation that is offering big sums of money for green renovations and energy savings projects that union educators can seize upon. This funding will allow schools to modernize, get rid of carbon that makes our climate worse, get rid of toxins that make our educators and students sick, and become hubs of resilience and clean energy for their surrounding community. Education jobs have dignity, and they need to be valued and treated as such, along with the conditions necessary to make the education of our future generations thrive. Healthy schools can only exist on a healthy planet - it’s impossible to have one without the other. It’s time to fight back. Sign this form and pledge to take action during the week of Earth Day (April 16th - 22nd) with fellow educators, youth, and your communities. Contact 1 Submit
