We're excited you're interested in joining the Equity in Education Coalition community!!!
Below you'll find our organizations missions, vision, and accomplishments to date, as well as what your role could be in joining us!
The Equity In Education Coalition (EEC) is Washington State’s largest civil rights organization focused on closing the opportunity gap and striving to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for children of color.
LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY
We work with local, regional and state legislatures to ensure that laws, policies, and programs work for kids often trapped in the opportunity and
achievement gap.
In the last few years, we've worked to fund and/or pass:
- Learning Assistance Program
- Discipline Bill
- Early Learning Bill
- Expanded Learning Opportunity Council
POLICY & ACCOUNTABILITY
EEC works as a Washington education “watchdog,” keeping an ear in our communities and eye on our elected officials. As both emerging practices and negative trends appear in schools, the EEC bubbles up this crucial information, laying the groundwork for effective problem-solving, and shining light on actions that affect our kids.
In other words, we act as the bridge between real people experiencing the opportunity gap and the decision makers who want to close it. Instead of gate-keeping, we work to gate-break.
MOBILIZATION & OUTREACH
BETSY DEVOS COUNTER RALLY: When US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos came to Bellevue in October 2017, EEC organized thousands of public
education advocates to show that Washington chooses students over profit. We built a coalition of 26 organizations, brought together elected officials and community leaders, and spread the message in over 1,000 media hits nationwide. EEC mobilizes our communities to take action. We organize protests and rallies to engage our communities, demonstrate to decision-makers the need for equity, and strengthen the political power of those who have historically been ignored and exploited.
EQUITY RALLY: Over 1,000 participants from across Washington state gathered on the Capitol steps in Olympia, in January 2017, with the unified ask to the Legislature to fully fund education and critical state services. We met with legislators, and passed out the EEC Equity Rally Proclamation throughout the day.
