{"id":4470,"date":"2010-12-27T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=4470"},"modified":"2010-12-09T11:10:34","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T15:10:34","slug":"one-person-is-a-fruitcake-50-people-are-a-powerful-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/one-person-is-a-fruitcake-50-people-are-a-powerful-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"One Person is a Fruitcake, 50 People are a Powerful Organization!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"One%20Person%20is%20a%20Fruitcake%2C%2050%20People%20are%20a%20Powerful%20Organization%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><em>Life&#8217;s most persistent and urgent question is, &#8220;What are you doing for others?&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Martin Luther King<\/p>\n<p>Millions of children attend under performing schools. Millions of parents struggle to get appropriate educational services for their children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What can you do to help these parents and children?<\/strong> What can you do to improve the lives and educational outcomes for children in your community?<\/p>\n<p>To boost your creative thought processes, we&#8217;ll tell you what others are doing&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Loni Allen, an educational advocate from California, began a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/advo.feta.group.allen.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">From Emotions to Advocacy group and has trained hundreds of parents<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie Igafo-Te&#8217;o and Deborah Canja from Michigan built a dynamic website that is improving the lives of parents and children in the U.S. and Canada. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridges4kids.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">bridges4kids.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not convinced that a few determined people can make a difference? Still wondering what can one person do?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/12\/08\/education\/08teacher.html?_r=1&amp;hpw\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Mom gathers petitions for school takeover<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 CA parents force an overhaul of failing school &#8211; using a new state law to force the failing school to be taken over by a charter school operator, the first such move in the country.<\/p>\n<p>If you think that you alone cannot do much to improve your school, you are probably right. You\u2019re more likely to get what you want for your child if you work with other parents.<\/p>\n<p>If you are in a school that is not parent-friendly, this is how you might be perceived.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;float:right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/fruitcake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"94\" \/><em>1 person = A fruitcake<\/em><br \/>\n2 people = A fruitcake and a friend<br \/>\n3 people = Troublemakers<br \/>\n5 people = \u201cLet\u2019s have a meeting\u201d<br \/>\n10 people = \u201cWe\u2019d better listen\u201d<br \/>\n25 people = \u201cOur dear friends\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>50 people = A powerful organization\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you collaborate with other parents and organizations, you can make a difference. There is strength and power in numbers.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpirc.org\/vertical\/Sites\/%7B95025A21-DD4C-45C2-AE37-D35CA63B7AD9%7D\/uploads\/%7B89E2033D-02AC-4295-9A3A-794816431C95%7D.PDF\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">12 Things Parents (and Teachers) Need to Know About and Expect From Your Schools &#8211; and Yourself<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 (Originally from Parent Leadership Associates)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life&#8217;s most persistent and urgent question is, &#8220;What are you doing for others?&#8221; &#8211; Martin Luther King Millions of children attend under performing schools. 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