October 18th! Saturday 10 AM to 3 PM join us for our KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Lunch & Learn - mini conference for parents and guardians. Free event with free childcare and wonderful food. Workshops/experts/keynote speaker/special surprise performances and much more.💖 register: forms.gle/roWhFV8Bcwri...

Tomorrow! ‼️ PGH School Board Candidate Forum!! Doors open 5:15pm. FREE Dinner & Childcare(please RSVP) Join us to meet ALL 9 Pittsburgh School Board Candidates. FORUM STARTS at @6pm Registration Link: forms.gle/57i5oETkv7st... Vote May 20th!!

"Closing communi­ty schools without a solid plan will have a devastat­ing effect on our children,” said Noel Webb with the organization 412 Justice. She said that statement directly to the superinten­dent and board directors on March 24. #stopclosingschools #defendpublicschools tinyurl.com/52b2an2z

Twenty staffers charged after 100 abuse incidents at Philadelphia-area charter school www.newsbreak.com/th... #AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal

Black people have been dying for generations at the hands of polluters. Activists have been working to hold polluters accountable because this must be addressed on a systemic level.

We WON!! Over 130 of us who care deeply about Pittsburgh Public Schools showed up Monday to speak at the public hearing as a final stand against the reckless school closure “plan.” Over a year of organizing, protesting, letter writing and speaking up has finally been heard!!

Right NOW LIVE: watch Pittsburgh Public School Hearings: where students, parents and teachers are challenging the board to STOP a rushed & reckless school closure plan underway. Wow!!!!!! 💔💔💔

Closing Schools w/Out A Real Plan Hurts Kids and The Future of Public Schools In Pittsburgh. Our elected officials can't sit by and watch our schools be destroyed while saying nothing. We need our State Reps and City Council Members to GET INVOLVED! Call your Reps TODAY: Link w/more info

Through the rain, hail and storming clouds we stood together yesterday!! We stood for PUBLIC SCHOOLS! At every level, national, state and local, we find ways to resist and create change!!

"We must allow love to be the conduit to turn anger into action. Public education is more than a career, it is an act of love.” —NEA Vice President Princess Moss at #NEASummit

Hang out with J4J on Thursday, March 20 @ 6pm CST to learn about the very REAL threat to public education! Register @ www.j4jalliance.com. Don't mourn, organize!

It’s ON!! Pittsburgh School Board race is kicking off this week. W/ PPS facing school closures & the Department of Ed. under attack, this is an election to WATCH! WHAT ISSUES DO YOU CARE ABOUT MOST? Candidates Names in comments Stay tuned for our candidate forum!! www.wesa.fm/education/20...

Hang out with J4J on Thursday, March 20 @ 6pm CST to learn about the very REAL threat to public education! Register @ www.j4jalliance.com. Don't mourn, organize! @schottfound.bsky.social @412justice.org

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

Our Open Letter to the Pittsburgh Public School Board: RE: VOTE NO ON ANTI-DEMOCRATIC AND UNPROVEN STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE (“SOFG”) with AROS, @advancementproject.org #pittsburghschools docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Seven years after an industrial fire at the Clairton Coke Works released sulfur and other pollutants into Clairton's air, funds have started to flow to communities from a $4.5 million fire settlement.

Basic Education and Special Education Funding Investments are Inadequate to Keep Pace with Inflation and the Cyber Charter Tuition Reimbursement is Eliminated #FundPublicSchools

Shapiro’s Budget on Education Doesn’t Add Up

Last night the public hearing went on past midnight! We joined strong community turnout to speak up for Mayor Gainey’s affordable housing plan. 🩷 @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/local/pittsb...

We are at the Pittsburgh public hearing on “inclusionary zoning” with 2 competing proposals on the table. One by Mayor Ed Gainey : requiring 10% units created be affordable. The other by Bob Charland: full of loopholes, lies and cast burdens on tax payers. Great comparison on @publicsource.org

The magic cannot leave you when it is you ✨✨

"Paulette Foster of 412 Justice said the district should provide that data and prove why the B.O.O.S.T. program is no longer viable. Community members called out the budget’s lack of transparency." @412justice.org

🎶Charter schools rob $146 million a year from Pittsburgh Public Schools. Don’t just close and cut! 🎶 Maintain programs like BOOST & Community Schools 🎶 Invest in staff & resources Last night we showed up at the Pittsburgh public school board hearing on the 2025 PPS budget

Today is the day! Join us! Become a member or give a DONATION 💜 Giving Tuesday: 412justice.org/membership/

What will the future look like without a Department of Education? How can states and local school districts prepare/thrive?

Congratulations to Jitu Brown, and NPE Action endorsed candidate. https://npeaction.org/npe-action-endorses-jitu-brown-for-chicago-school-board-district-5/ #BlueSky #EduSky

These appointments prove that insisting people achieve and be promoted based on “merit” was never really their real concern.

In Pittsburgh most charter school applications are denied by the local elected school board. So… They head over to the PA Charter Appeal Board (w/ no elected seats) in Harrisburg. W/ a near 100% approval rate, they reverse local decisions & a new charter school is born. (2019: we found them)

Watching the Twitter exodus in real time like

Last week we toured fracking site in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Summary: companies trash the water table for greed. No surprise. From drilling to toxic manufacturing, PA lawmakers have made it clear: it’s ok to poison us for profit.

Libraries are precious and beautiful and must be defended

Are you in Pittsburgh/Western PA? Give a damn about our AIR, WATER and future? Join us for our monthly video-call meeting for Environmental Justice! Now more than ever, we must show up for each other! 💜 Monthly EJ Meeting Thursday, November 21 · 6:00 – 7:30pm link: meet.google.com/bxv-dmvn-fcy

This is who we are. Education, Environmental & Economic JUSTICE. Black Woman Lead. Pittsburgh proud. We don’t backdown.