An Invitation to View and Discuss a prize-winning documentary on Public Education
The Community Forum for Economic Justice, Community Action for Education, Michiana Advocates for Public Education, South Bend Chapter of Indiana Black Expo, Black Lives Matter South Bend, and The Civil Rights Heritage Center will sponsor an online showing of Backpack Full of Cash during the weekend of April 17 – 19.
Narrated by Matt Damon, this feature-length documentary explores the growing privatization of public schools and the resulting impact on America’s most vulnerable children. Filmed in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Nashville and other cities, BACKPACK FULL OF CASH takes viewers through the tumultuous 2013-14 school year, exposing the world of corporate-driven education “reform” where public education — starved of resources — hangs in the balance. See the trailer for this documentary at www.backpackfullofcash.com.
Based on recent developments, we feel there is a consistent effort to destroy traditional public education in South Bend, rather than to provide an alternative. And so we want to continue to learn about and to discuss the "education reform” movement.
Due to COVID-19 Stay-at-Home restrictions, we will make the video available online for a limited time (Friday, April 17 – Sunday, April 19) to those who register in advance. On Sunday, April 19, 2020, we will discuss the film at a virtual meeting that will begin at 3 P.M. You must use this form to register in order to receive links to the events.