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NOW THIS IS GRASSROOTS!!

The Student's @DelValle4Mayor video just made it into the Huffington Post!!

Rahm Emanuel Hit On School Policy By High Schoolers For Del Valle

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A group of Chicago high school students has decided to take Rahm Emanuel to task for his education policy.

Cristina Henriquez, Gerardo Aguilar, and Alexandra Alvarez appear in a YouTube video, uploaded Sunday, entitled "Invest in Our Public Schools." The spot attacks Emanuel for his praise of the city's charter schools, and backs rival candidate Miguel del Valle for supporting neighborhood schools.

"I go to Roger C. Sullivan High School," says Henriquez. "This is not one of the schools Rahm Emanuel cares about."

The students, who wrote the script for the video, according to its description on YouTube, also point out what they describe as a factual inaccuracy in Emanuel's portrayal of the city's charters. "When you take out North Side, and you take out Walter Payton, the seven best-performing high schools are all charters."

"Someone didn't do their homework," the video says, listing the seven top schools as reported by the Chicago Tribune. None of them is a charter school.

The video says it has no connection to any candidate, and judging by the del Valle camp's reaction, they seem to be telling the truth. Spokeswoman Joanna Klonsky didn't know much about the video's origins, except to say that "we didn't orchestrate it."

Watch the students take on Rahm:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afonAiiMTm8]

tags: Chicago Mayor, Chicago Mayoral Race, Chicago News, Chicago Public Schools, huffington post, Illinois, Miguel del Valle, Rahm Emanuel
categories: activism, Chicago, political, psychogeography, vida, YouTube
Tuesday 02.01.11
Posted by maya escobar
 

A Response to a Response to a Response

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=359HwupsY1s]This is the Jack McBrayer ResponseTo the Internet ResponseTo the Republican ResponseTo the President's Address to Congress[clearspring_widget title="Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - The Jack McBrayer Response To The Internet Response To The Republican Response To The President's Address To Congress" wid="4727a250e66f9723" pid="49a664282cffce66" width="384" height="283" domain="widgets.nbc.com"]Bobby Jindal Or Kenneth From 30 Rock?

tags: Barack Obama, bobby jindal, cnn, facebook, huffington post, information, Jindal Kenneth, Jindal Kenneth 30 Rock, Jindal Kenneth The Page, Kenneth Jindal, Kenneth The Page Jindal, microblogging, obama, Politics News, president, speech, twitter, video, young people
categories: blogging, political, Pop Culture, YouTube
Wednesday 02.25.09
Posted by maya escobar