"The 2008 Presidential election has inspired a renewed sense of hope and possibility across America. It has also inspired renewed appreciation for the power of grassroots organizing - and that is crucial. For it will take hope-filled people - educators, parents, and other people of conscience - working at the grassroots for change to create a critical political mass for the transformation of our schools and society. As Frederick Douglass said: "Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel