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Notes from Education Rally

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Feb. 9, 2004 - Annapolis

I've been to many rallies and this was as stimulating as any. There were bus loads of people - over 50 from the school I left from and there were many other schools in Prince George's County and every other county in Maryland participating. The crowd was so large that I couldn't find my friends who left from another school. Here are my photos and links to other sites about it.:

Photos
Links for participating organizations
News Links
Audio

"Cuts to Education Will Leave Every Child Behind"	"'No Child Left Behind' won't become a REALITY without funding. Keep your promise to fund Thornton FULLY!"
Crowd at State House	"I'm Here Because I Believe In Children"
Speakers and signs in front of Thurgood Marshall statue	Another speaker
Another speaker	Speakers were from these and other organizations: ACLU-Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth Maryland Association of Boards of Education Maryland State Teachers Association Maryland PTA

News Links:

NBC4

Washington Post

Washington Times

These audio files may not be readable by every computer. You may need to download a plugin or QuickTime to listen to them. File sizes and the amount of time each takes to listen to the entire clip is included in the listing, which are alphabetical and not in chronological order.:

Black Caucus Speaker - 1.2 MB - 1 min., 57 sec.

Crowd Response to Teachers Participating - 400 KB - 36 sec.

Dr. Thornton - 5.7 MB - 9 mins.

Education Chant - 212 KB - 19 sec.

St. Mary's County Superintendent - 2.2 MB - 3 mins., 30 sec. (speaker not always clear due to sounds of crowd)

- submitted by Joyce Dowling

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