Teaching to Change LA: An online journal of IDEA, UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, & Access: Equal Terms in LA: The Struggle for Educational Justice, 1954: Vol.4, No. 1-5, 2003-2004
Youth Summit 2004
Equal Education Now!

Photo: Video Still of Students DancingEducation is…
Very important to have for the future and for the rest of your life
It is going to help you get a better career.
It is YOUR FUTURE

Equal Education means…
EVERYONE has the same resources. EVERYONE is able to choose the school they want to attend. EVERYONE is able to get the same supplies as rich kids.
It means that all kids get the SAME EDUCATION no matter what the color of their skin or race is.
It means that ALL schools have the same school supplies.
It means everybody SHOULD be treated equally.
That everybody has the same technology in the schools because we need it to get better grades.
It means that everybody learns the same things.
Equal Education is NOT A GAME!

Segregation means…
It meant that Blacks didn’t have the freedom to go wherever they wanted. They had to get beat from trying to stand up for their rights.
It means HATRED on somebody or unfair treatment just because you are a person of color and you HAVE TO BE SEPARATED from whites.
Segregation means a non-mixed school and WITH HATE.
It means that people were being separated and it was HORRIBLE and UNFAIR
That people were not allowed to go to white only schools
Segregation forced black kids to not have the same education like whites did
It is NOT FAIR.

The Brown vs. Board decision meant…
That only intelligent people of color could go to a white school.
It meant that schools were supposed to be EQUAL FOR EVERYONE.
It meant that people were being DESEGREGATED.
It meant that kids of different colors could go to the SAME SCHOOL
THE BROWN v. BOARD DECISION meant Freedom, Equality, and CHOICES
It meant that the fight for equal rights was OVER.
Or WAS it?

Schools back then were…
Not fair.
Segregated
RACIST

Schools today are…
So VIOLENT and not so peaceful.
They are UNFAIR because there are some teachers that don’t care about our education.
Some schools are not equal to others and are better off.
They are SUPPOSED to be desegregated and equal but some are better
How can schools be desegregated when LA is STILL SEGREGATED?

Students deserve…
More opportunities
EQUAL RESOURCES of education
Equal RIGHTS
Fair treatment
Better EDUCATION
More challenging classes
Students deserve to be treated in the right way and not in the bad way
RESPECT from their teachers and school
STUDENTS DESERVE to be treated like PEOPLE.

We want…
We want resources and education to be equal
Our schools to be mixed and fair for all
To get treated like everyone else
Better food
We want teachers to start LISTENING to their students
We want RESPECT and ATTENTION
We want TO BE HEARD
PEACE in our COMMUNITIES
We want JUSTICE, EQUALITY, and a GREAT EDUCATION
Because… WE DESERVE IT!!!