Volunteers needed NOW -- to save YOUR future!

From RH Jones, July 11, 2007
Subject: Volunteer your time for CORE

To all:

Many retired educators are volunteering their time for just about everything except to volunteer to squelch the most damaging issue of our day: The well financed neo-conservative movement to privatize America's public school system. You can wisely spend your time at home at what educators do best: communicating; Or you can spend your time foolishly volunteering for that which is mundane. You waste your volunteer time at you own peril. Your STRS pension is suffering NOW. What further proof do you need?

Take the time to read Kathie's blog at: www.kathiebracy.blogspot.com. Then phone, write, or meet with your national and state representatives; Phone, write or meet with the news media. Talk, talk, talk to anyone and everyone you can to get proper public backing for America's public school students and their educators. The daily attacks on public education swamp the news media with unfounded charges against our schools. Volunteer to counter that! Volunteer to fight the unreasonable politicians who would stupidly join the ranks of those who would have America on the fast track back to the depression era.

Volunteer your service at the Concerned Ohio Retired Educator (CORE). CORE is the core of the power to turn the tide; This is the place to stand firm against the onslaught. Since it's conception in the year 2000, CORE is the group of educators that has been most successful in this continual struggle to right what is right: America's public schools. Active & retired educators are sorely needed. PLEASE VOLUNTEER!

RHJones, a proud volunteer at the CORE
From John Curry:

Right on, RH! We don't need sheeple, we need PEOPLE! If the populace of the 13 original colonies had been inhabited by retired educators.... we'd still be flying the Union Jack and paying tribute to the Queen Mother!
.....There are tons of retired educators who read Kathie Bracy's blog (50,000+ hits) and are on STRS email lists or who get forwards of STRS related emails who DO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON....MOST of whom have been there for years....all but a handful have asked to be removed but THE MAJORITY OF THE REST REMAIN SILENT...especially retired administrators! Where have your leadership skills gone? Are you afraid to speak up? What are "they" going to do, non-renew your contract? Like RH says.."Speak UP." It's only your future! John