Oakland and San Francisco Teachers Organize Teach-Ins on the War.

Letter from a teacher

Yesterday's teach-ins on Iraq sponsored by the Oakland Unified School District and Oakland Education Association were an enormous success! We had about 75 presenters and about 200 presentations all throughout Oakland. San Francisco School Board passed their Resolution to hold teach-ins!! and amazing, amazing things happened throughout our District. I think many of us remembered why we became teachers, to change the world, to build a better future, to awaken a sleeping country of materialists and individualists, and help people see the beauty and power of community and working to make a better world.

I am so inspired by everyone I worked with and
everything I learned. The most powerful moment of an
absolutely memorable day was, as we were cleaning up I was approached by an Arab-American presenter, she said to me "Thank you for what you did today. There is hope. There is hope." I am inspired and awed and hope many, many people will join us in Oakland and around the country to build upon what we did.

Jonah