Rise 189
Rise 189 Update & Call to Testify at the School Board Meeting
In March Rise 189 members met with Superintendent Culver and testified at the district’s monthly school board meeting.
Read MoreEast St. Louis, The April 2nd Election is Approaching—Build your Vote Plan!
If you have questions about the election, build your vote plan with this handy flow chart.
Read MoreChildren are not problems to be solved, but humans to be loved | The Belleville News-Democrat
There’s the person you are, and then there’s the person people see. And for me growing up, there was always a big gap between one and the other. In school, people knew me for my behavior problems.
Read MoreRise 189 Policy Solution Case Studies
The Rise 189 coalition researched policies and outcomes nationwide when developing their own policy solutions for East St. Louis School District 189. We’ve profiled three case studies—one for each of the Rise 189 policy solutions.
Read MoreWhy I Signed on to the Rise 189 Policy Solutions
When people sign on to our policy solutions, there is a space that says, “This is important to me because…” Here are a few of our favorite responses!
Read MoreSnapshots of the Rise 189 Teach-in in East St. Louis
Couldn’t make it out last Thursday night to the Rise 189 Teach-in? No problem! Scroll down to view beautiful pictures and quotes from the evening. Then, send a letter in support and sign up to volunteer leading up to election day!
Read MoreA Conversation Between Longtime Eastside Residents, Marie and Sam
Our children are our future champions. Strip away the bad roads, the politics, the economics, and they are what East St. Louis is made of. We’ve got to make sure they’re acknowledged and recognized and taught that they are geniuses—that they can be proud of the place they’re from.
Read MoreWhy I care about East St. Louis public schools | The St. Louis American
Students show up to school with the trauma of systematic racism on their shoulders and are just expected to grow in an environment that doesn’t value them as human beings.
Read MoreESTL Cohort Launch First Ed-Advocacy Campaign
Today, after several months of community organizing training, community engagement, policy research, and data analysis, a number of concerned parents, students, educators, and community members have come together in hopes of elevating the district to new levels.
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