KJ Rocks The DFER House

Speaking of inner-city parents getting involved with their childrens' educations, check out what Kevin Johnson had to say at the DFER event two weeks ago (from DFER's blog at www.dfer.org/posts/blog):

KJ Rocks The DFER House

My sincere apologies for taking so long to post this stuff. We have a lot of video footage from last Thursday's inspiring/rocking Democrats for Education Reform rally at Harlem's Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. Some of the footage is better than others and we're trying to put it all together to make one, nice program for viewing. But until then, I'll post some of the raw footage so that you can get an idea just how fired up the place was.

We had 1,400 charter school crazies packed into the place, some carrying signs and chanting on their way in. (Special thanks to the local police precinct for crowd control as the throngs decended upon the church, especially those parents who marched straight from dismissal!)

Nelson Smith blogged on the rally here.

This clip [www.dfer.org/2008/03/kj_rocks_the_df.php; 7 minutes] shows former NBA star Kevin Johnson (who is opening one of his St. Hope charter schools in Harlem in the fall and is currently running for mayor of Sacramento) accepting his "Education Warrior" award.