WHEREAS, AFSA and its members are committed to the highest-quality public education for all students; and
WHEREAS, public education is the foundation of our democracy, and where our students come to be educated in the fullest sense of the word, as citizens of this great country; and
WHEREAS, AFSA members strive on a daily basis to make every public school a place where we prepare the nations young people to contribute to our society, economy, and citizenry; and
As we celebrate Dr. Kings legacy, we must remember that economic justice was central to his mission. The gap between rich and poor he highlighted in the 1950s and 1960sand the economic disparities between White and Black Americahave only worsened with time. The recently enacted Republican tax legislation that gives massive tax cuts to the wealthy and big corporations will further exacerbate these troubling national divides.
