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Three Generations Working Together Against Commercialism in Schools! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Its inspiring to see what a tremendous difference one family can make : three members of the Morrison family are actively involved in keeping schools commercial-free! Marie Morrison in New York State, her daughter Diane Morrison, and granddaughter Alexandra Bradbury in Seattle are all involved in different community efforts.
Diane Morrison is a founding member of the Citizens Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools (CCCS) in Seattle, WA. CCCS was founded by parents who were appalled by the Seattle school districts proposal to sell advertisements in schools. CCCSs first success was to have a policy rescinded which actively encouraged increased commercialism. The school board later did approve an exclusive cola contract, but CCCS plans to take action to have Channel One removed from the district based on the current policy. Diane Morrison is also a member of The Centers Board of Directors. She says For me its natural to be an actor and not just a consumer in the arena of governmental regulations. We are also role models for our children if we dont fight back against injustice, what does that teach them? Learning her lesson well, high school junior Alexandra Bradbury is already an experienced grassroots activist. While being exposed to Channel One for three years in middle school, she became increasingly concerned, and co-founded a student newspaper where she could voice her opinions. Together with her mother, she worked on the campaign of a school board candidate opposing school commercialism. Although losing the primary, the campaign succeeded in making this issue an important election topic, and in getting other candidates to speak against advertising in school. Now in high school, Alexandra actively raises awareness of the issue, building a strong student base ready to fight off commercialism. For the future, Alexandra sees herself addressing the broader issue of capitalism as an inequitable and undemocratic system. When Diane Morrison heard about legislative efforts to curb commercialism in New York State schools, she asked her mother, Marie Morrison, to get involved. With lots of experience in New York States government, Marie Morrison is a great help in developing and tracking legislation in her state, coordinating actions between The Center and local activists. Its not right that advertising should gain a foot in the door at schools is one of the many reasons for her to be involved and the joy at having a project that the three generations of women in our family can work on together! |
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