Community Action: No to Big Tech Bullies in Our Schools 11/11
Why should Google and other Big Tech and ed tech companies have more say over what is happening in our public schools than educators, families and school boards? They shouldn't!
In the past week alone: Google demanded that schools either use their AI product or lose access to Google's search function. And on Thursday, a lawsuit was filed against Google for the harm done via its "AI Mode" embedded in search products on every students' Google account and Chromebook. The lawsuit was filed by the family of a 7th grader who for months had been goaded on by AI Mode in suicidal ideation on her school Chromebook.
In August, Chicago Public Schools hastily reversed a planned rollout of the Gemini chat bot for high schoolers’ Google accounts after uproar from families. The truth is, Gemini functionality via “AI Mode” and AI-overviews in Search are part of every CPS kid’s Google account.
Parents, students and educators have had enough of tech companies making harmful and dangerous decisions about what and how kids learn in public schools.
👉 Come rally with us in front of Google's Chicago office TODAY. We'll gather at Mary Bartelme Park (115 S Sangamon) starting at 3pm and hold a press conference at 4pm at 309 N Morgan.
Action via Illinois Families for Public Schools and Schools Beyond Screens - Chicago CPS
Community Action: Phone Bank to Say NO to Federal School Vouchers
Join our community phonebanking to neighbors asking them to click-to-call the number to their governors to say NO to federal school vouchers that threaten cuts to our public schools!
Estimates predict that this could take almost $50 billion per year out of our federal budget - a cost that’s more than Title I (high poverty schools) and IDEA special ed funding combined.
This program will drain resources from public schools, sending them to the pockets of wealthy individuals with an interest in privatizing public goods. Private schools do not have to meet the same standards as public schools, and they do not have the same responsibility to serve every child.
That means public money can end up flowing to schools that lack basic accountability and can turn away students who need support. That means fewer public resources for the schools our communities actually rely on, and more power for a private system that leaves too many children behind.
👉 Join the phone banks this Thursday and next Thursday!
Action via the Alliance to Reclaim Our Public Schools
Indivisible Action: No More Funding for Trump's Iran War
Trump's unauthorized, unprovoked war in Iran has cost the lives of US service members and thousands of civilians in Iran and across the Middle East. Even after a 60-day agreement was announced, Trump bombed Iran anyway, making clear that neither he nor the Israeli government can be trusted to keep their word on a ceasefire.
👉 Call on Members of Congress to hold the line for not another dime and follow up with an email. A vote for the Trump-Hegseth weapons budget, a supplemental request for funding, or any other additional funding for this war is unacceptable.
Action via Indivisible
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