04/01/2023
Two of our current school board members, Katie Rice and Katherine Eichorst have aligned themselves with this dangerous misinformation campaign.
“It’s why they repeatedly attack the LGBTQ+ community and use disinformation to exploit people’s fear of what they don’t know. And it’s why we’re seeing so many efforts to censor Black and indigenous history in the classroom and prevent kids from learning about how marginalized people have fought against oppression throughout history.
At a glance, these various right-wing efforts might seem fully separate from each other — but the truth is that they are all tactics employed by a predominantly straight, white and wealthy group of lawmakers, corporations, and individuals to preserve their own power.
So, how do we fight back? With solidarity, across race, gender, income level, and ZIP code. Right-wing leaders work so hard to divide us with hate and fear because they know that when we stand and fight together, we can upend the status quo and use our votes, voices and collective power to create a more equitable, inclusive America.”
Throughout history and across continents, wealth and power have often been concentrated in the hands of just a few people and organizations. That’s while the rest are left to contend for scraps, and the United States is no different. The ultra-wealthy are an extremely small part of the population,...