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Saturday, 27 February 2010 09:22
Pamphleteering across Cape Town!As 21 March 2010 approaches, EE has gone up a gear in its efforts to have 10,000 people come together for a concert and march to Parliament. Huge news this week is that HHP will be playing at the concert. Soon, there will be daily EE clips on Cape Town TV at around 4:30pm, so look out for that. But the real work to get people to the march happens on the ground.
This past week EE volunteers have been up before dawn to hit train stations and taxi ranks with petitions and pamphlets. On Friday 26 February it was the turn of Phillipi Station and Nyanga Junction to experience the campaign. From OK Bazaars workers and petrol attendants on their way to work, to security guards coming home from the night shift, to learners from hundreds of different schools off for another day in the classroom, everyone was recruited to support the campaign: "1 School 1 Library 1 Librarian". These primary school recruits opened their schools bags and we put fliers directly into their bags so they could show their teachers. If you'd like to help, and feel like an early wake-up from time to time, give Lwandiso Stofile a call on 071 118 4662 and ask him to add you to one of the campaign groups.
Wednesday, 24 February 2010 09:53
Over 19,000 Petitions arrive from SowetoSometimes in campaigns you need good surprises. Two days ago Equal Education (EE) received a very nice surprise. In our mailbox huge stuffed A4 envelopes began to appear. These were packed with petitions signed and collected in schools in and around Soweto.
It was inspiring for the staff, volunteers and members to realise that people in Gauteng are as passionate about this campaign as the members in Cape Town. With these new arrivals, and the petitions collected recently in the Eastern Cape, we are about half-way to our target of 100,000. It seems that the man behind this amazing work in Soweto is Mr. L.B. Jacobs, a District Director in the Gauteng Education Department. He sent a letter to all schools in his district which said: "It is our dream to ensure that each and every school should have a fully-fledged and functional school library with a full-time teacher librarian. Equal Education supports this vision. To support the campaign, schools are requested to duplicate the petition as per the attached copy and to let learners, parents and educators sign... Let us be positive and support this campaign. Things may change for the better." Mr. Jacobs is a reminder to all of us of the fact that there are people in the national and provincial departments of education who are dedicated to the improvement and change of South Africa's education system. EE is committed to working with them. Please sign the petition online by clicking here.
Saturday, 20 February 2010 21:41
Data-Capturing 20,000+ Petitions!Saturday 20 Feb 2010 Tonight from 4pm until 9:30pm the Equal Education Bookery was full of people doing an unusual but vital form of activism. About 25 EE activists spent hours typing up the thousands of petitions we have collected over the past months.
Tuesday, 16 February 2010 14:06
EE visits schools throughout the Eastern CapeIn this article, originally published in The Grocott's Mail, 16 February 2010, Cathy Gush reports on a visit by the EE Roadshow to Nyaluza school in the Eastern Cape. In fact EE has visited schools all across the Eastern Cape. This is just one example. On Friday, Equal Education came to town. And backing them in their 1 School - 1 Library - 1 Librarian campaign were the Eastern Cape’s Save our Schools and Communities (SOSAC) group and Grahamstown’s own Fingo Revolutionary Movement (FRM). These groups are starting to succeed in building support and involvement at grassroots level amongst young people and communities for the issues affecting education in our country and our province. Not least of which is the lack of access to books and a culture of reading.
Friday, 05 February 2010 13:33
Campaign Update - 1 School 1 Library 1 Librarian!The Campaign for School Libraries being led by Equal Education (EE) is gaining momentum. The aim of the campaign is to get government to produce and implement a National Plan for School Libraries. At present only 7% of schools have libraries and this has to change. Here are some current highlights:
“Our school has been without a library since 1940 when it was established. It has been difficult to improve the culture of reading in this rural community. It is our resolve as educators, parents, learners and the entire school community to request government to establish a library.”
There are hundreds more like that. Write to your MEC for Education today!
At Vuyani Primary School in Phillipi the staff has converted their staff room into a library. This shows the conditions under which teachers in working class schools are forced to work, but we are inspired by their dedication and determination.
Account name: Equal Education
Bank: Standard Bank Account number: 270027882 Branch: 05091100 Branch name: Khayelitsha Swift: SBZAZAJJ Website: http://www.equaleducation.org.za Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it If you live in Cape Town, be there on 21 March 2010, 11am, Thibault Square.
Tuesday, 19 January 2010 10:12
Equal Education Needs Your Help in our “One School, One Library, One Librarian” Campaign
“Equal education has my full support.... I support you 100%." – Dr. Mamphela Ramphele “We have failed you. The fact that our children must march for libraries 15 years after democracy means that government, communities and citizens have failed our children. I will join the march.” – Sindiwe Magona “Every child deserves the equal right and chance to learn. I support the Equal Education and I pledge R1000.00 towards the March for Libraries on 21 March 2010.” – Zackie Achmat We need your help:
Saturday, 31 October 2009 22:37
Simthembile Sitsha - EE mourns a leading comrade
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Equal Education is mourning the death of one of the movement's most loved comrades Simthembile Sitsha. He was known to friends as Simthera. Last night, Friday 30 October 2009, at approximately 7:30pm, Simthera was crossing the street near Chris Hani High School in Makhaza when he was hit by a car. It was a hit and run accident -- the car did not stop and Simthera passed away on the street before the ambulance could reach him. Everyone in EE will miss Simthera. He was loved for his warmth and his hard work. He was an athlete and a person who was alive with energy. He was a talented soccer player, and a team player in everything he did. He was very dedicated to Equal Education. He was present at the first Youth Group meeting ever, on 24 April 2008. During 2009 he was a member of the EE Leadership Committee.
Over 12,000 people have signed the paper version of this petition. Please sign the petition by completing the online petition form. Please only do so if you live in South Africa (whether or not you have citizenship) or you are a South African citizen or permanent resident living overseas. |
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