Supporting SPS Families in Need
In a remarkably short amount of time, SPS families from several different NE schools, via Soup for Teacher's heroic, Liza Rankin, have organized family gift bags for every family that lives at the Sand Point Housing campus of Solid Ground, Brettler Family Place. That is where Charleena Lyles, a pregnant mother of four, was gunned down on Sunday by SPD officers responding to her call about a burglary.
There is a GoFundme page for Ms Lyles' family. The page has raised over $80,000 so far.
Here's one message at the Soup for Teachers Facebook page:
Thanks for taking this on, Liza Rankin, and for all of the volunteers and those who have contributed. We thank you with all of our hearts! -Karen Stukovsky, SPE PTA co-President
I just want to gently point out the irony of this huge effort by people from several different NE schools in contrast to the image put forth by the recent KUOW story on several NE schools.
No group is monolithic and casting doubt - on any one group of people, whether by race or region - is really not fair and, of course, very likely to be untrue.
We need to rise up to believe in each other and lift all boats. Just as this remarkable group of people is doing.
There is a GoFundme page for Ms Lyles' family. The page has raised over $80,000 so far.
Here's one message at the Soup for Teachers Facebook page:
Thanks for taking this on, Liza Rankin, and for all of the volunteers and those who have contributed. We thank you with all of our hearts! -Karen Stukovsky, SPE PTA co-President
I just want to gently point out the irony of this huge effort by people from several different NE schools in contrast to the image put forth by the recent KUOW story on several NE schools.
No group is monolithic and casting doubt - on any one group of people, whether by race or region - is really not fair and, of course, very likely to be untrue.
We need to rise up to believe in each other and lift all boats. Just as this remarkable group of people is doing.
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Why do you have the need to try to conflate their efforts and outcomes with the reality that the KUOW story rightly and necessarily exposed?
Selfishness and racism certainly co-exist within the borders of kindness.
Please don't use this tragedy as an excuse to be an apologist.
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There's no irony, just different people with different experiences and viewpoints. The quotes in the kuow story were real, but the people helping orchestrate donations and support would do the same regardless of the shaming and people lurking in the shadows of social media waiting to cast blame and hatred.
Fortunately, many people sincerely want to help. I am thankful for people in our community--like Liza of Soup for Teachers or parents serving on school PTA's--who's efforts make it possible for others to contribute as much or little as anyone has time and/or resources to give.
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I apologize to Liza and the many good, decent people who rose up selflessly from this tragedy to help not just the family involved, but every single family who lives in that housing.
2. One of the NE schools that contributed to this effort quickly, decisively and generously hasn't even opened yet. Now there's organization.
3. Although having transitional housing near SPE may have lowered their test scores by changing their student demographics, it is wonderful to have so many low income families able to live right there in and among neighborhoods with extremely swanky mansions and super fancy lake views and money to hire landscapers and such. You can be darned sure that if Charleena Lyles had lived 10 blocks south or west of where she did, the police would NEVER have shot her. But I hope that many of the people who live in Seattle who don't want our police force to behave this way will write letters to the mayor now. And the city council. And the police. And tell them just that. And this is one way forward for Seattle public schools. Affordable housing in every neighborhood geozone will bring diversity to all schools. And that will improve outcomes for underserved students and will widen the world views and enrichen the friendships and learning opportunities of not-underserved students. And it's OK with the supreme court.
4. If you'd like to tell the mayor what you think about how our police are doing, please do!