[education event] Fwd: You are invited! State of Equity in Education Town Hall Saturday Sept 13, 2025 10 am - 2:30 pm

[Nicole Miller]

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

 

Across the country, new policies are threatening the future of our children’s education. Parents in Newark are coming together with policy leaders to learn, share, and strategize during this difficult time.

 

You are invited to join the parent organizers of PULSE (Parents Unified for Local School Education) on Saturday, September 13^th, 2025, from 10:00 am – 2:30 pm at the Paul Robeson Center at Rutgers Newark for a community conversation on how we respond, resist, and reimagine public education for our children.

 

The day has two components. First, there will be speakers from organizations working on behalf of education equity locally and regionally, such as Liberation Spaces, SPAN Parent Advocacy Network, NJSACC, and the Education Law Center. In the afternoon, we will have small group discussions led by PULSE parent organizers from Newark’s South and West Ward, alongside community facilitators, Michelle Fine, Tenisha Malcolm, Lauren Wells, and Marquise Guzman.  

 

Lunch will be provided; registration is required (https://go.rutgers.edu/equityined)

 

Please help us spread the word by circulating the attached flyer with your networks or forwarding this email. You can also share the flyer on social media with the following sample text: 

 

• Funding cuts, curriculum restrictions, and threats to critical programs are putting our kids’ opportunities at risk. What can we do as a community to respond? Join the parent organizers of PULSE on September 13^th at Rutgers Newark’s Paul Robeson Campus Center for a community conversation on how we respond, resist, and reimagine public education for our children. Lunch will be served; registration is required. https://go.rutgers.edu/equityined

 

• Now more than ever, parents’ voices matter. Let’s organize to defend strong public schools and protect every child’s right to learn! Join us on September 13^th from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Rutgers Newark’s Paul Robeson Campus Center to share information and decide how we take action to support the most vulnerable children in our community. Lunch will be served; registration is required. https://go.rutgers.edu/equityined

 

If you have any questions, please reach out to Sharon Smith sharons...@gmail.com

 

Peace and Power,

Nakeefa

 

 

-- 

Nakeefa Cilicia Bernard, PhD

Senior Program Director

Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies

Rutgers University – Newark 

47 Bleeker Street | Newark, NJ 07102

973-353-1754 (o) | 973-353-1753 (f)

https://cornwall.rutgers.edu