{"id":286,"date":"2020-12-21T13:22:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T18:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-fall-2020-phamm\/?page_id=286"},"modified":"2020-12-21T16:27:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T21:27:44","slug":"sf-families-union","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-fall-2020-phamm\/sf-families-union\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Families Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What is SF Families Union?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SF Families Union is a network of parents organizing to fight against the negative effects of the SF school-choice model that has reimplemented segregation in so many SFUSD schools. It is a small effort, and solely based in San Francisco. It\u00a0a grassroots organization created and run by \u201cpublic school families working towards racial equity and integration\u201d in San Francisco schools. One of the driving principles of the SF Families Union is to \u201chelp families of all backgrounds look beyond the metrics and stories that reinforce segregation in school choices.\u201d It is highly focused on educating the community about systems and policies that are dis-serving them, and works to ensure these issues are brought to light at union and district meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-312\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-fall-2020-phamm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/426\/2020\/12\/cropped-IMG_0513-1-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"673\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-fall-2020-phamm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/426\/2020\/12\/cropped-IMG_0513-1-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-fall-2020-phamm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/426\/2020\/12\/cropped-IMG_0513-1-1024x342.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-fall-2020-phamm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/426\/2020\/12\/cropped-IMG_0513-1-150x50.jpg 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-fall-2020-phamm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/426\/2020\/12\/cropped-IMG_0513-1-768x257.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-fall-2020-phamm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/426\/2020\/12\/cropped-IMG_0513-1-624x208.jpg 624w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-fall-2020-phamm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/426\/2020\/12\/cropped-IMG_0513-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Organizing Strategies<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The organizing strategies of the SF Families Union include utilizing a public Facebook page to \u201csupport and challenge the district and maintain independence through grassroots fundraising.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> On its website, the SF Families union says: \u201cWe support and challenge the district and maintain our independence through grassroots fundraising. Funds won\u2019t pay organizers; funds go to covering expenses like space rental, translation and child care.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> At its core, the Union is a grassroots effort, and part of its strategy is to highlight and condemn concurrent movements working to privatize schools or curtail its own efforts, in the form of public announcements and open letters to the community. In \u201cAn Open Letter to SF Families and Community Members about Innovate\u201d the SF Families Union attempts to education the community about the work of Innovate Public Schools, an organization which the Union says is \u201cportraying itself as a SF \u201cparent\u201d organization speaking for Black &amp; Latinx parents\u2026 [and has] been meeting with school board members, supervisors, legislators, non-profit partners and even public school staff under the same false pretenses.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The Union calls Innovate a \u201cfake grassroots organization\u201d and is acting as a \u201ccharter expansion program\u201d. SF Families union uses this type of education, and then goes on to employ petitions, conversations with parents and negotiations with California NAACP leaders to advocate for change. It actively opposes school privatization and the school-choice model.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>photo 1: https:\/\/sffamiliesunion.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is SF Families Union? SF Families Union is a network of parents organizing to fight against the negative effects of the SF school-choice model that has reimplemented segregation in so many SFUSD schools. It is a small effort, and solely based in San Francisco. 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