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March 4 Education is a grassroots organization of parents,
students, teachers and community members who advocate for equity in educational
funding, programs and school facilities. We believe it is necessary
for all students to have a quality education that is based on their needs,
not in the economics of the community.
March 4 Education believes educational advocacy is vital
in securing an appropriate education for all stuents. We are committed
to teach-ins, advocacy and peaceful nonconfrontational protest as a means
of changing the structure of educational funding. Our goal is to
enhance the quality of life in our community and the larger society by
producing a well-educated population.
We recognize that the local economy and the State of California's
educational funding formula promote a separate and unequal education system
for urban school districts. On April 9 through April 16, 2004, students,
teachers, parents and community members undertook a 70-mile march from
San Pablo to Sacramento California. Our march focused attention on the
inequities in the state funding formula, the lack of quality educational
materials and the deplorable condition of the schools in West Contra Costa
(WCCUSD), Vallejo, Oakland and many other urban school districts.
We believe every student has a basic right to a quality education, and
it is this belief that prompted us to advocate, organize and march to Sacramento. |
