The highlight of the rally for respect was the speech given by a McKinley high school student known as Ike (pronounced EK) who was a co-leader in organizing the student protests against DC teacher layoffs. His speech was awesome as he encouraged the audience to resist the forces of tyranny. E.K. was articulate, self-confident and inspiring to what turned out to be a mostly adult crowd. The crowd at Freedom plaza let out a roar in response to E.K.'s comments about the student meeting with the McKinley Tech. high school principal, David Pinder.
Posted by The Washington Teacher featuring Candi Peterson, blogger in residence
After listening to this young man speak so eloquently from his heart, my question is, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ?
ReplyDeleteThe question should be, What are we going to do? What we should do is to stand up for our rights. They want you to be scare, they want you to give up the fight for your rights, but we are not giving up. We should not give up the fight for equal rights and justice for all in DCPS.
ReplyDeleteAGREED!!!!! "RIGHT ON"
ReplyDeleteIt's "Ike," not E.K.
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