The Burning Moms are a grassroots revolution of parents empowering other parents (yes, including dads). An inclusive network of politically minded parents wh- care, we are tired of selling snickerdoodles and brownies to fund school programs. We welcome partnership with the PTA and other parents’ groups, but maintain our independent flavor.
• Our kids
- Providing a fun, celebratory, upbeat, kid-friendly rally
- Organizing an educational field trip about California history and citizenship
- Teaching our kids early that government is THEIRS, and they have a right to have their thoughts heard!
• Our schools
- Making school reform less scary
- Working with teachers and principals for positive change
- Starting in the classroom and including gardens and cafeterias
• Our districts
- Mobilizing more burning families to take to the streets
- Helping cut through red tape
- Educating each other about school choices and alternatives
• Our state
- Teaching families how to contact and talk to our legislators
- Influencing the budget to reduce the impact of the current financial crisis on schools
- Implementing legislation so that all public schools can be better funded on a long-term basis.
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