Gwen Samuel

Tue, May 22nd I gave my school reform presentation (slides at http://www.arightdenied.org/presentation-slides) and had the pleasure of meeting Gwen Samuel, the founder and president of the Connecticut Parents Union. This is one of the many grassroots parent organizing efforts popping up all over the country, which scares the pants off of the unions/Blob because, while it's easy to demonize me, it's harder to do so to her – though that didn't stop the union from having her fired from her part-time job with the New Haven Public Schools' Head Start program (see: http://articles.courant.com/2012-04-04/news/hc-gwen-samuel-fired-0405-20120404_1_termination-letter-michelle-rhee-gwen-samuel). Their thuggery really knows no bounds… She needs our support, so if you want to help her organization, financially or otherwise, email her at: gwen@ctparentsunion.org. Here's a picture of us from the event: