Moms for Liberty extremists target parent leader organizing for racial justice in Skokie schools
Parents, students and teachers in Skokie have been organizing for racial justice in their public schools for several years, especially in D219 (Niles Township HS district) and D72 (Fairview Elem district), as the Abolition Coalition of Skokie and the Skokie Schools Equity Collaborative.
Niles Township has also been one of the hot spots in Illinois for rightwing extremist attacks against public schools and public libraries.
IL-FPS joined with Equality IL and many other orgs to expose anti-equity, anti-equality, anti-family groups' agenda
On Saturday, we had the pleasure of partnering with Equality Illinois and fourteen other state and local organizations for a press conference to get the word out on how the astroturf groups Awake Illinois and Moms for Liberty are spreading a very dangerous anti-equality, anti-family, anti-equity agenda to communities around Illinois under the guise of “concerned parents” who just want a say in their child’s education.
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