No on AB 715!
If u support education, read,act. Via @liberated.esc
🍉‼️URGENT ACTION! ALL HANDS ON DECK. Protect Ethnic Studies from censorship, silence, policing and control! AB 1468 is replaced by AB 715 ‼️🍉
Call California State Legislators and the Education Committee to STRONGLY OPPOSE AB 715!
Instead of listening to constituents, educators, parents, and legal advocates, DEMOCRATIC Assembly Members Rick Chavez Zubr and Dawn Addis are doubling down on efforts to police and criminalize Ethnic Studies by introducing AB 715.
This bill will strongly impact educators’ ability to teach Ethnic Studies curriculum without fear of retribution or censorship. Silencing dialogue doesn’t create safety—it shuts down vital conversations about the world we live in!
☎️ ACTION 1: Call members of the Education Committee and urge them to VOTE NO on AB 715. Protect Ethnic Studies from censorship and manipulations!
Al Muratsuchi: (916) 319-2066
Josh Hoover: (916) 319-2007
Dawn Addis: (916) 319-2030
David A. Alvarez: (916) 319-2080
dia Bonta: (916) 319-2018
Leticia Castillo: (916) 319-2058
Robert Garcia: (916) 319-2050
Josh Lowenthal: (916) 319-2069
Dr. Darshana R. Patel: (916) 319-2076
☎️ ACTION 2: Call your California Assembly member TODAY, Tomorrow and every day.
Look up your who your Assembly member is: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
🚗ACTION #3: go to Sacramento this Wednesday, May 14th at the Bill’s hearing to make a public statement strongly opposing AB 715
SAMPLE SCRIPT:
I’m calling as a constituent (or as a concerned California citizen) to Vote No on AB 715. AB 715, proposed by elected assemblymembers of the Democratic Party to create an oppressive threatening environment for educators will not only stifle and silence necessary Ethnic Studies teachings but also police any discussion and learnings about Palestine and Palestinians. It will create a repressive environment of persecution and fear among educators who dare mention historical facts that put Israel in a negative light. It would not be any different than the those who want to suppress the teachings about Rosa Parks because it makes white people feel bad or uncomfortable to learn factual history.
Dig this? Check out this painting I did supporting ethnic studies
