When we fight we win

A Solidarity Shout Out, to my Teacher UTLA and HFT brothers and sisters, 
I want to remind teachers everywhere, about the event of 2018. Teachers in Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Mighty West Virginia strike that have set a new agenda for teachers everywhere..."We can't win, if we don't fight back...When we fight back we win.
2018 was the beginning of the revolution to take back our public schools. In 2019 the Mighty Mighty UTLA and my Little Train That Could Hartford Federation of Teachers (HFT), you voices shall lead us forward in this fight back to save our public schools, our children, our profession, and the communities we serve. Word just came in, the BOE has suddenly decided to come back to the table, it appears they just realized HFT members are ready to fight hard. On January 11th, UTLA is going to stage a wear Red for Education Walk in. The point is simple if we don't fight we can't win, thus winning begins with fighting back. 

 
Solidarity to all my UTLA & HFT brothers and sister,
Jesse The Walking Man Turner 

Just in case you like to know what song inspired my walk on the Mountain today...it's Bill Brag Ruthy Merenda and the NYC Labor Chorus "Union Maid" > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs5_gB582IM <

"You can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union!"

How can you not be outraged?

Selma Jubilee Education Summit 2012 with SOS & UOO  

My message today is simple:
If, you look at the education policies of No Child Left Behind, Race To The Top, and Every Student Succeeds, and you are not outraged than you are part of problem?
Stand up, Get up, Speak up. 
If, we are not willing to demand equity and justice in our public schools for our children today, then we do not stand for justice anywhere...
Demand Equity,
Demand justice,
Demand it today,
Anything is an outrage, 
Dr. Jesse P. Turner 
Professor of Literacy, Elementary, and Early Childhood Education.

Selma 2014 with SOS & UOO 

If you like to listen to the tune that this Walking Man listened to on his morning walk today...it's Bob Marely's Stand Up For your Rights... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F69PBQ4ZyNw

Teachers Rise Up, let 1 become 2, and 2 become 4, and let it grow until it's all of us

One of my dearest education activist friends said to me this week..."I so tire of waiting on people to wake up"...she said what can we do to wake teachers up?"
The day all the teachers walk out, is the day parents will walk out as well.
The one, consistent truth in our public education system is since day one, over a 170 years Black, Brown, Poor and Special Education students have never known one day of equity.
There is only one remedy! A teacher uprising, and that remedy begins with 1.
Let it begin with 1,
Let 1 become 2,
Let 2 become 4,
Let 4 become 8,
Let 8 become 16,
Let 16 become 32,
Let 32 become 64,
Let 64 become 128,
Let 128 become 256,
Let 256 become 512,
Let 512 become 1,024,
Let 1024 become 2048,
Let 2048 become 4,096,
Let 4,096 become 8,192,
Let 8,192 become 16,384,
Let 32,768 become 65,536,
Let 65,536 become 131,072,
Let 131, 072, become 262,144,
Let 262,144 become 524,288,
Let 1,048,576, become 2,097,152,
Let 2,097,152 become 4, 4,194,304,
And then 4,194,304 becomes every teacher in the land.

I'm not tired, I'm a teacher rising up, and I am not alone,
Jesse The Walking Man Turner

SOS, Journey 4 Justice, and WLU have never stop rising 

If you like to hear the tune, this Walking Man was listening to on his walk today...it's John Legend and Roots cover of Wake up Everybody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJgxJ6JrPkc