Our second finalist for the 2013 Political Activist of the Year award, Loretta Harper, is a high school counselor in Nevada who was first inspired to get involved by presidential hopeful Barack Obama in 2008.
“As educators we need to share our students’ stories and be a voice for our students” — Kari Johnson, Wisconsin teacher
“Higher education cannot be a luxury for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity that every family should be able to afford, every young person with dreams and ambition should be able to access.” – President Barack Obama
“We welcome the DREAM Act provision granting a five-year path to citizenship for those who entered the U.S. before age 16,” said teacher Dennis Van Roekel.
Fourth-grade teacher and mom Caroline Sweet says we must abandon policies that support a “haves and have nots” system. She’s even made her case to President Obama.
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