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PEER maximizes our impact by convening our partners to share policies, strategies, and organizing tactics.

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Detroit Summit

Advocates, lawyers, organizers and community leaders gathering to strategize for our schools.

PEER members from across the US assembled in Detroit to share effective education funding campaign strategies, hear from current US Representatives, and advance their own visions for education equity. Together, we collaborated on how we can better build collective power for our communities.

A Message from the Governor

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer welcomes PEER and REFC to Michigan and highlights her support for public school funding.

An Education Carol

Ms. Walker visits former student Matt Johnson in a dream to remind him how important it is for all of us to fight for full funding and resources for our students and schools.

Our Summit Partners

We are grateful to the support of our partners.

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib addresses PEER partners and guests about the growing threat to public education and civil rights.
A panel discussion explored how philanthropy and community and labor organizers can partner to build power, expand our base and think more broadly about a shared strategy so we ensure young people win.
Panel speakers: Renee Blahuta, Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Raquel Donoso, Senior Program Officer for Equity in Education, Yellow Chair Foundation; Terrence Martin, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers Michigan; Letha Muhammad, Co-Executive Director, Education Justice Alliance; Brionna Nomi, (former) Co-Director, Youth Justice Program, Legal Aid Justice Center.
Images from left to right: Rep. Rashida Tlaib addresses PEER partners and guests about the growing threat to public education and civil rights. A panel discussion explored how philanthropy and community and labor organizers can partner to build power, expand our base and think more broadly about a shared strategy so we ensure young people win. Panel speakers: Renee Blahuta, Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Raquel Donoso, Senior Program Officer for Equity in Education, Yellow Chair Foundation; Terrence Martin, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers Michigan; Letha Muhammad, Co-Executive Director, Education Justice Alliance; Brionna Nomi, (former) Co-Director, Youth Justice Program, Legal Aid Justice Center.

Durham Summit

Driving progress through knowledge sharing to address education funding systems in the southern United States.

Education advocates united in Durham to discuss the Leandro v. State of North Carolina litigation and its effect on education funding and the power of youth in the fight for equitable public systems. PEER also met with leaders and founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to discuss how to include voices that have consistently been left out of education conversations.

Leandro Week of Action

EveryChild NC and partner organizations led a Week of Action organized around the state supreme court hearing on the Leandro litigation and the critical fight for full and fair funding for all children and schools in North Carolina.

Phonte Says Vote

Grammy-nominated singer, producer, and public school grad, Phonte votes to fund public education in NC so students and teachers have the tools they need to be successful.

Our Summit Partners

We are grateful to the support of our partners.

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Michigan Education Justice Coalition shares their work building power in communities across the state.
Meeting participants discuss how to better engage youth leaders in their coalitions. This discussion was led by the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition.
Letha Muhammad, co-executive director of the Education Justice Alliance introduces keynote speakers: Phillip Agnew, organizer at Black Men Build, and Charles E. Cobb and Courtland Cox, founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Images from left to right: Michigan Education Justice Coalition shares their work building power in communities across the state. Meeting participants discuss how to better engage youth leaders in their coalitions. This discussion was led by the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition. Letha Muhammad, co-executive director of the Education Justice Alliance introduces keynote speakers: Phillip Agnew, organizer at Black Men Build, and Charles E. Cobb and Courtland Cox, founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

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