Indoctrination Alert, Part III -

Richard Broderick wants to use the St. Paul Public Schools not only as a platform for indoctrinating students with the Green worldview - he also sees it as a potential lobbying and political action resource for liberal causes.

This is his current press release, gotten through a local politics mailing list:

Green Seminar: Peace curriculum in the St Paul Public Schools

Is a comprehensive peace curriculum possible in the St Paul public
schools? What would a peace curriculum look like? How would it be
implemented? How much would it cost? What would be the practical benefits?

These and other questions will be the focus of a panel dicussion and
public forum put on by the Rich Broderick for School Board campaign in
Black Bear Crossing Como Park, Tuesday, September 30, from 7 to 9 p.m.

Broderick, the Green Party endorsed candidate for the Saint Paul School
Board, has proposed the creation of a peace curriculum and the
establishment of student-run conflict resolution committees in every St.
Paul school as one of the main planks in his campaign platform.

In other words, Broderick wants to have the SPPS new "peace" curriculum written by "Friends for a Non-Violent World" - a left-wing "peace" group.

He is also advocating a leadership role for the School Board in next year's fight to repeal Minnesota's Conceal-and-Carry law.

Put more directly, Broderick wants to spend School Board time and resources to lobby for this pet liberal cause.

He is joined by panelists
Frank Schweigert, a peace studies teacher and consultant who has worked with the So Saint Paul public schools in creating Restorative Justice Circles
Mary Eoloff, a peace activist, member of Pax Christi, and subject, along with her husband Nick Eoloff, of the recent BBC documentary "Israel's Secret Weapon"
Phil Steger, Executive Director of Friends for a Non-Violent World
Kim Stanley, from the Coalition to Repeal Conceal-and-Carry.

In a perfect world, I'd say this candidacy is the lunatic fringe. But this is St. Paul, a city nearly as infested with liberal moonbats as neighboring Minneapolis.

Ignoring these people would be satisfying - but I wonder if it'd be counterproductive?

Long story short - is there anyone else from St. Paul that'd be interested in attending the meeting, and "showing the flag", as it were?

Because I certainly am.

Write me.

Posted by Mitch at September 24, 2003 06:02 AM