Author Event: Mark Warren

The People’s Education Center, 5443 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144

Authors Mark Warren with Jonathan Stith ( national director of the Alliance for Educational Justice) and Julien Terrell (executive director of the Philadelphia Student Union) join Uncle Bobbie’s for an author talk and book signing of Lift Us Up, Don’t Push Us Out! Voices from the Front Lines of the Educational Justice Movement.

“Parents, young people, community organizers, and educators describe how they are fighting systemic racism in schools by building a new intersectional educational justice movement.

Illuminating the struggles and triumphs of the emerging educational justice movement, this anthology tells the stories of how black and brown parents, students, educators, and their allies are fighting back against systemic inequities and the mistreatment of children of color in low-income communities. It offers a social justice alternative to the corporate reform movement that seeks to privatize public education through expanding charter schools and voucher programs. To address the systemic racism in our education system