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Dyett and Disinvestment | Dec 10, 2015

Dec 10, 2015
5:30PM - 7:00PM
The Silver Room, 1506 E 53rd St

 

In 2013, the City of Chicago chose to close nearly 50 public schools in mostly Black and Brown neighborhoods. In 2015, community members and activists went on a 34-day hunger strike to reopen Dyett High School as a green technology and global leadership school. Come to this IRRPP community conversation with Dyett hunger strike participants, South Side parents, activists, organizers and community members, and UIC education professors to discuss the Dyett hunger strike, educational disparities, and the struggle for public education in Chicago.