In the name…….
By Armando Ortiz
In the name of whom should we improve our communities when public schools are dismantled, and lay barren of hope?
In whose name do students get over tested to miss out on funds, and on an exploration of electives?
In whose name does the cutting of public school funds benefit the public, and support learning?
In whose name are educators forced to fight for what is right? To be able guide the youth and time for deep thinking.
In whose name is a child’s future put on the line and seen as a number and not a name, a result, not a journey?
In whose name does the serpent of privatization enter the house of impoverished communities, and tear up the one guaranteed right for every child?
In whose name do teachers strike, but for community, a decent future and healthy prospects.
In the name of equality and fairness is that we fight.
Despite immense odds, we stand up to fight against oligarchs, private entrepreneurs, corporate unknowns that never have seen the eyes of understanding or heard the anguish of student suffering.
In the name of justice, humanity, equality, the public good and freedom we strike.
