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Documentary focusing on school funding, privatization at Pellissippi on Thursday

Posted at 4:21 am November 9, 2017
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

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The League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge is urging members interested in school choice to attend a documentary at Pellissippi State Community College in Hardin Valley on Thursday.

The documentary is titled “Backpack Full of Cash.” It’s narrated by Matt Damon, and it’s described in an event flyer as a film “exploring the real cost of privatizing America’s public schools.”

In the United States, $600 billion per year is spent to educate children, a fact “near and dear” to proponents of privatizing, according to information provided by Kay Moss.

Filmed during the 2013-2014 school year in Nashville, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and other cities, the feature-length documentary narrated by Damon concentrates on how privatization is devastating public school funding, the information said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Entertainment, K-12, Movies Tagged With: Backpack Full of Cash, documentary, Kay Moss, Knoxville/Knox County League of Women Voters, League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, Matt Damon, Pellissippi State Community College, privatization, Sarah Mondale, school funding, Vera Aronow

VP Humphrey’s executive assistant to be guest speaker at AC Democratic Women’s Club on Monday

Posted at 10:11 am April 23, 2016
By Kay Brookshire Leave a Comment

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John Stewart

John G. Stewart, who served as executive assistant to Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, will be the guest speaker at the Monday, April 25, meeting of the Anderson County Democratic Women’s Club. The club meets at 6 p.m. at the Clinton Community Center, which is at 101 South Hicks Street in Clinton.

Stewart, who was also a legislative assistant to Vice President Humphrey when he served in the U.S. Senate, will speak on a topic titled “The Privatization Scam: Once Again the People Lose.”

“Stewart has raised concerns about Governor Bill Haslam’s efforts to turn publicly-owned assets in Tennessee, including state parks, prisons, state universities and colleges, and other facilities, over to private management,” a press release said.

Stewart served as vice president of Tennessee Valley Authority for economic and community development and assistant general manager of administration at the Tennessee Valley Authority. Before that, he was staff director of two subcommittees in the U.S. Senate and served as director of communications for the Democratic National Committee. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Clubs, Community, Front Page News, Meetings and Events Tagged With: Anderson County Democratic Women’s Club, Clinton Community Center, Hubert H. Humphrey, John G. Stewart, privatization

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