Stand Up Organization

Erin Gruwell, a nationally renowned teacher profiled in the movie “Freedom Writers”, joined STAND UP on March 28th at the Guild Theater in Sacramento. She along with two Freedom Writer students, Henry Jones and Sue Ellen Alpizar, came to premier the new documentary, “Stories from an Undeclared War,” which depicts the true story of the Freedom Writers.   Ms. Gruwell did [...]

STAND UP kicked off its second year on February 27th at the Guild Theater in Oak Park.  The theater was filled with over 250 people who came out from around the greater Sacramento area. The event was started with a bang by the Sac High M.I.S.S.E.S. Step Team.  Deputy Director Aisha Lowe, recapped 2011 and [...]

Thank you for attending “A Conversation with Sacramento About Education.” Over 500 STAND UP and StudentsFirst members showed up to discuss the state of education in California, and more specifically Sacramento. Michelle Rhee, founder of StudentsFirst, and Mayor Kevin Johnson discussed different education policies, and how those policies affect you. It was a great event, [...]

 Mayor Johnson and STAND UP held their final STAND UP meeting of the year on November 30th.  They discussed that the movement to put kids first has just begun… The Grant School Drum line started the event with a bang. They entered the Guild Theater with full force and had an amazing performance. Andie Corso, Director [...]

Thank you for attending Parents Deserve Choices, featuring Co-founder of the Knowledge is Power Program, and Superintendent of KIPP Houston, Mike Feinberg. It was a wonderful event that enforced the message that Sacramento must be at the forefront of providing greater public school options to all kids in Sacramento. The audience also got to enjoy [...]

You’re Invited!!! August 24th Education Resource Fair It’s a new school year…Get your kids off to a smart and healthy start…Join us for an afternoon of free fun and activities! Register Now!

Since 1990, Teach For America has been building a movement to end educational inequity in America. STAND UP is proud to announce that on July 13th Wendy Kopp, Founder/CEO of Teach for America, will be the featured speaker for the STAND UP monthly meeting.  Teach for America is a national non-profit organization that recruits the most promising future leaders to [...]

At the June STAND UP meeting, we announced our first action step to improving public schools in Sacramento. The California State Board of Education is tentatively set to meet on July 13th/14th to discuss the parent trigger law, a California law that empowers parents to transform their child’s failing schools (to learn more about the [...]

At STAND UP, we believe parents deserve choices. In our effort to inform and educate parents of their rights in their child’s education, we dedicated the June STAND UP meeting to empowering parents. On Wednesday, June 15th, former California State Senator Gloria Romero and Ben Austin, Executive Director of the Los Angeles-based Parent Revolution, joined [...]

Thank you to everyone who came out for STAND UP’s meeting focused on Michelle Rhee’s new organization, StudentsFirst, and their campaign to “Save Great Teachers”! Our May 20th meeting was one of our most exciting meetings to date.  Michelle Rhee participated in an unprecedented panel discussion with Adrian Fenty, former Mayor of Washington, D.C., and [...]

On April 18th, STAND UP invited Michelle Rhee, former Chancellor of D.C. Public Schools and Founder/CEO of StudentsFirst, to join STAND UP for an exciting discussion on the film “Waiting for ‘Superman’”. At this meeting, Michelle Rhee, who is featured in the film, discussed some of the mayor problems with the U.S. public education system [...]

On March 23rd, STAND UP met for its second monthly meeting at the Guild Theater in Oak Park. At this meeting, Mayor Kevin Johnson launched his Third Grade Reading Campaign and issued a call-to-action for the community to get involved in this effort to improve early childhood literacy in Sacramento. Ron Fairchild, Lead Consultant for [...]