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A new quarterly newsletter with calls to action, donor & staff quotes, articles and more! We hope you'll take time to connect!
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"Telling Tales Out of School," our annual storytelling event, is Friday, April 17 at 6:30 p.m. Click below to check out this year's promo video. Hope to see you there!
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Our schools are struggling and it’s time to help. Funding for Michigan's public schools has fallen more sharply than any other state over the past quarter century (source) and our students are paying the price. Increases in spending have been shown to improve achievement and reduce poverty in adulthood ( source).
So what can you do? Join our grassroots campaign to change Michigan from a FLAT tax state where the burden falls to those making the least to a FAIR tax state that invests in our schools.
Student Advocacy Center is proud to be a leader in this statewide campaign to give 90% of Michiganders a tax break, while raising $1.5 billion for schools, roads, and clean water through a graduated income tax. Our hope is to get this on the November 2020 ballot.
Consider how you might get involved today. Can you collect signatures between April and June? We need you!
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Student Advocacy Center is looking for some reliable volunteers who geek out on crunching numbers and/or writing. We have some new statewide data that needs analysis. Email peri@studentadvocacycenter.org if you have time to commit this spring.
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“I am passionate about providing opportunities of change to children and families. SAC provides me with the opportunity to make impacts and changes with those in my community, especially our youth.”
- Al Correa,
Check and Connect Mentor, Ypsilanti
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Carrie Hernandez
Mother, SAC volunteer and marketing professional at NSF International
“My first experience with SAC was the 2014 Telling Tales event. The stories moved me to tears, yet I came away inspired by the tenacity and bravery of the families, students and staff involved. SAC treats the whole system, through understanding teachers, students, administrators, boards, and families.
My second experience with SAC involved my own child.
The resources and guidance provided by SAC gave our family the confidence and tools to move forward after a minor incident threatened to turn into a much bigger problem. My gratitude ran deep and I could quickly see how traumatic any school incident could be, especially for economically disadvantaged youth, families experiencing homelessness, mental illness, harsh discipline policies and other barriers to education.
Life isn't fair -- some of us win the birth lottery and then even the life lottery. How schools and communities treat children, especially when something has gone terribly wrong, will impact their coping skills, ambition, confidence, learning ability and mental health for better or worse, because ALL people have the potential to learn through mistakes.
I remain committed to helping as many children as possible and I am inspired by every individual student story, each school collaboration and improvements to state and district policies.”
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Did you see the wonderful coverage of SAC recently? WEMU did a radio interview and Concentrate Media did a lovely longer piece.
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