After months of pleading with Mayor Sheila Dixon to fund A youth employment program, Baltimore City School Students have announced that they will hold a hunger strike until the $3 million dollars they need is awarded.

Below is a letter from Jay Gillen, one of the Baltimore Algebra Project's adult advisers. Also attached is a "Youth Jobs" flier and a power-point on Peer-to-Peer Employment.

June 3rd @ Baker Park Fountain (Frederick, MD)
4:00 PM

Potomac Earth first! is protesting Michael baker corporation who is building section 5 of the I69 expansion and to show support to the people who
are trying to save their homes and show those who are resisting they are not alone.

"…My intent in going there was to save lives. A person may break the law to save lives." - Tom Lewis, quoted in Daniel Berrigan's The Trial of the Catonsville 9

On Saturday May 17, anti-war activists gathered in Maryland to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Catonsville draft card burning action, and to remember Tom Lewis, one of the "Catonsville 9," who died on April 4 of this year. Read more below and watch the video here

WYPR's board of directors met on May 21st, the second meeting since the public radio station fired station co-founder and iconic radio host Marc Steiner. While last time they closed their meeting midway after an eruption of catcalls and boos, this time they simply did not discuss the issue.

Students will HUNGER STRIKE starting May 30^th, 2008 if the Mayor does not add $3million into the Budget for Peer-to-Peer Youth Enterprises.

The Starting location is the Amphitheater 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 30th . Demonstrators will then march to the base of the Legg Mason building 100 Light St. (on the corner of Light St. and Pratt St.) where the hunger strikers will be stationed.

We no longer accept officials denying responsibility for the well-being of Baltimore's youth. All responsible officials should come together until funding is found for youth jobs in the knowledge-based economy.

We demand that 3 million dollars be added to the City's budget to fund Peer-to-Peer Youth Enterprises.

Politically Minded — An Interview with Hip-Hop Artist Son of Nun

Apr 4, 2008
By Joshua H. Koritz
Son of Nun (SON) is a former Baltimore City School teacher and current MC—performs class-conscious, revolutionary hip-hop. SON is also active in the anti-war movement as well as being an activist with several other causes. He has appeared on stage with artists ranging from Dead Prez to Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, as well as activists like Howard Zinn and Cindy Sheehan. Joshua Koritz interviews SON for Justice Newspaper:

"Operation Occupation"--led by students from the Baltimore Algebra Project and other youth in Baltimore City "peer2peer" educational programs--continued into its second day today. It included an afternoon of students speaking out against the structural underfunding of the public education system, followed by an impromptu meeting with Baltimore City Councilman Bill Henry.

BREAKING NEWS 5/15 3PM: Operation Occupation at City Hall continuing, Mayor threatening to remove the protest from the plaza at 9PM tonight, community support and phone calls to the Mayor's Office (410-396-3835) needed!

Student organizers and tutors from the Baltimore Algebra Project gathered today at City Hall to demand that the city restore $3 million dollars in funding for Peer-to-peer education programs in public schools.

See also: Day 2 of "Operation Occupation" - Demanding Baltimore City Restore Funding to Peer2Peer Educational Programs | Youth takeover City Hall!!