A year ago today I shared an essay on Medium detailing parts of my journey working for WEPOWER, an astroturf group funded by a local charter school expansion organization called The Opportunity Trust. The Opportunity Trust is, in turn, funded by wealthy local and national school privatization investors, all on…

Two years ago, when I posted this video, I was still in the honeymoon stage with the organization I now call THEYPOWER. I recorded it right before I joined the full-time team and saw what was behind the curtain. The shirt I’m wearing in the video? I was so enthusiastic that I designed and purchased it with my own money. In the recording, I urged my network to join me in the fight for equity against Saint Louis Public Schools through the Better Budgets, Better Schools campaign.

When I recently shared a story outlining my experiences in the educational space over the past few years, I ended with a call to action: “Let’s work.” …