Jessica Ramos: “From book bans to our teachers being under attack, our…”

“Nearly therapeutic. Given everything that we're going through. I lament to say that it's almost as if we're watching the twilight of public education before our eyes. Unless we do something. From book bans to our teachers being under attack, our students and the idea of free speech and journalistic integrity, these are all the factors of a society where its citizens are informed and engaged participants in our democracy. I have to shout out my teachers, who helped form who I am, who helped raise me to be the legislator I am today.” (00:33–00:58)

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