James Meeks School Boycott

School Funding Protest Spawns Friendships And Action

Chicago Tribune | Tara Malone | Posted 12.19.2008 | Chicago

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With grins and a familiar nod, a dozen teenagers came together this weekend for what has become a standing date since nearly 1,000 Chicago students sk...

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Meeks Calls For Holiday Shopping Boycott

Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.24.2008 | Chicago

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State Sen. James Meeks (D-Chicago) today issued his latest call to demonstrate for school-funding reform, this time urging a boycott of downtown Chica...

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Meeks Scaling Back Cubs Playoff Protest

Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago

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Hundreds of people will gather around Wrigley Field during Wednesday's playoff game to protest school funding inequities, but they will not ring the s...

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Meeks Taking School Protest To Wrigley

Chicago Sun-Times | Rosalind Rossi | Posted 10.20.2008 | Chicago

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Six thousand protesters, wearing bright orange T-shirts, could ring Wrigley Field during the first Chicago Cubs playoff game, under a plan by state Se...

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Field Trip Over: Meeks' Boycott Kids Finally Out of Media Glare

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 10.05.2008 | Chicago

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Esther J. Cepeda

Anyone who cares about kids in this town getting a shot at a decent education surely looked at the Chicago Public School children who marched into Winnetka and felt the rumbling pride of civil rights crusades past.

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Schools Chief Says Thanks, But No Thanks To Boycott Plan

Chicago Tribune | Monique Garcia | Posted 09.13.2008 | Chicago

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Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan said thanks, but no thanks Wednesday to those calling for students to boycott the first day of class as a way...

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