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Protest For Democracy & Against HISD Takeover--We Can't Accept Loss Of Representation

6/7/2023

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There is an important protest tomorrow, 6/8, at the Hattie Mae White building at 4:15 PM regarding the takeover of Houston public schools by the far-right  State of Texas. Details below.

People have different opinions about HISD. But the bottom line is that people in cities and multi-racial communities have a right to representation. The state could work as partners with HISD rather than remove an elected school board in what was just 60 years ago was a Jim Crow city.     

One of the most offensive aspects of the state-selected Board of Managers is the selection of Janette Garza Lindner to the Board. Ms. Lindner ran for the HISD Board in 2021 and lost despite a strong advantage in campaign spending. It is contempt for democracy and for multi-racial democracy to lose an election in a diverse community, and then turn around and accept the appointment of an authoritarian state government to the office you could not win at the ballot box.

There can't be compromise on the right to vote and on the basic human right of political representation. People fought and died for these freedoms. We must fight back when these things are taken from us.     
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    I'm Neil Aquino.

    I'm a rank & file Houstonian. I’ve volunteered extensively for Democratic candidates and causes, and served as staff for multiple campaigns. My work for Democratic campaigns has involved communications and strategy. 

    I’m an organizer of the Weekly John Cornyn Houston Office Protest. The Cornyn Protest team has been outside Senator Cornyn’s office each Tuesday for eight years now with one clear message: In addition to voting, we must show up physically and non-conventionally for the fights over democracy. Events have proven this assertion correct. 
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    I'm on the Egberto Willies Politics Done Right Show every Thursday from 6 AM to 7 AM for the Houston Democracy Project segment. You can hear the show on the radio, stream it on KPFT or watch later on Egberto's YouTube channel.​
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    I am the 2024 Barbara Cigainero Volunteer of the Year Award recipient the Houston LGBTQIA+ Political Caucus. I have a political science degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati and ran a Cincinnati City Council office.  

    I read a lot of books and follow baseball closely. 

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