More 4 Mann Mural Project & Banner Drop Off Saturday!

Do you believe in justice and equality for all?
Do you believe in equitable education for all?
Do you want to see more effective education for all students in Seattle Public Schools?

So do we! 
Join us 9am, Saturday, October 12th, 2013 at Africatown Innovation Center at Horace Mann, 2410 E Cherry Street.

We are faced with a crisis in Seattle Public Schools! Black children and families across the district are not receiving the education and services they deserve. The opportunity gap continues to grow! Now is the time to bridge the opportunity gap.

The More4Mann Campaign seeks to partner with Seattle Public Schools to assist in advancing the achievement of black children by decreasing and ending the opportunity gap.

We are actively providing culturally relevant education for black children and families.

The More4Mann Campaign is working to maintain the AfricaTown Cultural Innovation Center in the Horace Mann School on 24th & Cherry. The Central District of Seattle is an historically black neighborhood and Horace Mann is an historical landmark.

WE NEED YOUR HELP.

We are still working with Seattle Public Schools to achieve an agreement that benefits both the district and the community. This plan will:

1) Provide accessible and comparable space to continue providing the vital programming to assist our youth until the completion of the renovation on the Horace Mann School.

2) Ensure equitable participation by African American contractors and jobs/training opportunities in any renovation/construction.

3) Honor the districts commitment to future space for Africatown and partnership in the Horace Mann School to address crisis of our students post the completion of the renovations.

4) Work with community to honor the African American cultural legacy at Horace Mann in the redesign/renovation.

5) The project will be a community-led community-based partnership that will assist the school district in achieving it’s goal of decreasing and ending the opportunity gap.

We are asking organizations in support of the Campaign to:
1) Invite your constituents to the Mural Installation this Saturday, October 12th @ 9am. Seattle Public Schools invited us to design, paint and install murals at Horace Mann to beautify the space for renovation.

2) Send a member of your organization with a banner that has your name and/or Logo OR send members of your organization to the event to create a banner. These will be hung on the building as a public display of the organizations that are in support of the More4Mann campaign.

We will provide breakfast and family friend activities.

We need:
1) Art supplies
2) Paint & Spray
3) Banners
4) Ply wood

If you have questions please email us at:
More4Mann@gmail.com