I am forever honored that Karen Lewis entrusted me to co-author her memoir--I Didn’t Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education @haymarketbooks.org Karen was a powerful labor leader, formidable fighter & staunch defender of students, teachers & public education 1/ www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2444-i... - ThreadSky

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etoddbreland.bsky.social • 2 days ago

I am forever honored that Karen Lewis entrusted me to co-author her memoir--I Didn’t Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education @haymarketbooks.org Karen was a powerful labor leader, formidable fighter & staunch defender of students, teachers & public education 1/ https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2444-i-didn-t-come-here-to-lie

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akirarodriguez.bsky.social•2 days ago

❤️

etoddbreland.bsky.social•2 days ago

Best known for leading @ctulocal1.bsky.social to a historic 2012 strike, challenging the city's powerful mayor & paving the way for a wave of strikes nationally in the years that followed, Lewis's life took her in rich & surprising directions long before she landed in the CTU president's office 2/

etoddbreland.bsky.social•2 days ago

From Lewis's childhood on Chicago’s South Side, teen years organizing Black Power walkouts, college @mountholyoke.bsky.social & @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social to years in Oklahoma & Barbados, stints @ UIC med school, NEIU Carruthers Center, @columbiachi.bsky.social film school-a life of exploration 3/

etoddbreland.bsky.social•2 days ago

Lewis found her calling in the classroom, teaching science for 20+ years before becoming a union leader. Until her untimely death from cancer in 2021, Lewis was spirited, unshakeable & fierce. She remains a model for organizers and teachers doing the day-to-day work of building a better world 4/

etoddbreland.bsky.social•2 days ago

Karen Lewis led a movement that was "fighting for the heart and soul of public education." In these difficult times, we have much to learn from this master teacher's brilliance, humor, leadership, courage & commitment to fighting for and building a better world 5/

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