California State Assembly: Pass a bill of rights that speaks to children.
The Issue
Flagship District
Landmark Education Challenge
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Flagship District Landmark Education Challenge We are searching for the leaders, teachers and student-body, to participate in a historic education challenge. We believe that young citizens should have a Bill of Rights that speaks to them. Rights that empower them from destructive relationships and harmful situations. We want to inspire teachers to work together with students to create, adopt, and amend a bill of rights. The educational exercise could include voting by students to pass an acceptable bill of rights. We hope the final outcome will include written requests to our state assembly members asking that a bill of rights be passed into law. We have networked across California and the State Assembly and Senate are anticipating these letters from your students. Community is most important to us all. We believe that teachers touch us all in the most remarkable way. When decided to find ways to build safer communities, we knew we had to question every single convention and rule, no matter how established or trivial. We realized that we could not do it without teachers. Teachers are one thing universally necessary to advancing civilization. Teachers have touched our lives in extraordinary ways. They are family to us and that will never change. Teachers are the fabric of our nation. Teachers are heroes. Teachers rock. When we filed a bill of rights with California's Secretary of State (#3494499), we did it with the idea that it promoted the joy of living in freedom. We drafted a bill of rights for children around everything we wanted for our own children. We did it in support of the teachers in America that we entrust our 50,000,000 kids to every single day. Empowering young people is what teachers naturally do everyday. Empowering young people is what Facebook.com/uskidsroc is all about. Teacher's are hereby given the right to use, publish any of our materials or literature for use in their classrooms. Join us in a community for a digital age.
Sincerely, Lynne DeVoe, Director of Community Resources Lynne@uskidsroc.org
The Children's Bill of RightsTM 79-985 Trinidad Drive Bermuda Dunes, CA 92203 Phone (760) 772-3402 Http://uskidsroc.org
The Children's Bill of Rights
ARTICLE I All children are equal without distinction of any kind; such as race, color, sex, language, religion, nationality or social history, wealth, birth right or any other status.
ARTICLE II
All children have the right to a scholastic education and to be educated of these rights.
ARTICLE III
All children have the right to feel safe and to be safe at home or at school, in every activity.
ARTICLE IV
No child shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishments.
ARTICLE V
No child shall be held in slavery or servitude; Slavery and the Slave Trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
ARTICLE VI
No child shall be subjected to emotional, physical or mental harassment or ridicule by anyone at anytime in any place.
ARTICLE VII
No child shall be solicited for the purpose of sex; touching of children’s genitalia is universally prohibited except in the course of medical treatment by a licensed physician. Any touching of children for personal gratification is always prohibited without exception.
ARTICLE VIII
Every child has a right to be free from the harms listed above and entitled to equal protection under the law. No child is an exception. Every child has an equal right of access to the law.
ARTICLE IX
No child shall be without food, clothes, or shelter. Upon discovery of a violation of this article, an immediate remedy shall be sought by all means available.
ARTICLE X
Every child has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and labor as it applies to chores.
ARTICLE XI
No child shall be without health care, medical care or necessary social services. During childhood, children are entitled to special care and assistance which extends to their mother and/or father in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or other unfortunate circumstances beyond control.
ARTICLE XII
A child’s education shall be free and it shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship between all children to the benefit of all humankind.
Free lesson plan, 7th-11th grade level (click on this link)
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The Issue
Flagship District
Landmark Education Challenge
http://chn.ge/JCy8NO sign the petition, click http://chn.ge/JCy8NO
Flagship District Landmark Education Challenge We are searching for the leaders, teachers and student-body, to participate in a historic education challenge. We believe that young citizens should have a Bill of Rights that speaks to them. Rights that empower them from destructive relationships and harmful situations. We want to inspire teachers to work together with students to create, adopt, and amend a bill of rights. The educational exercise could include voting by students to pass an acceptable bill of rights. We hope the final outcome will include written requests to our state assembly members asking that a bill of rights be passed into law. We have networked across California and the State Assembly and Senate are anticipating these letters from your students. Community is most important to us all. We believe that teachers touch us all in the most remarkable way. When decided to find ways to build safer communities, we knew we had to question every single convention and rule, no matter how established or trivial. We realized that we could not do it without teachers. Teachers are one thing universally necessary to advancing civilization. Teachers have touched our lives in extraordinary ways. They are family to us and that will never change. Teachers are the fabric of our nation. Teachers are heroes. Teachers rock. When we filed a bill of rights with California's Secretary of State (#3494499), we did it with the idea that it promoted the joy of living in freedom. We drafted a bill of rights for children around everything we wanted for our own children. We did it in support of the teachers in America that we entrust our 50,000,000 kids to every single day. Empowering young people is what teachers naturally do everyday. Empowering young people is what Facebook.com/uskidsroc is all about. Teacher's are hereby given the right to use, publish any of our materials or literature for use in their classrooms. Join us in a community for a digital age.
Sincerely, Lynne DeVoe, Director of Community Resources Lynne@uskidsroc.org
The Children's Bill of RightsTM 79-985 Trinidad Drive Bermuda Dunes, CA 92203 Phone (760) 772-3402 Http://uskidsroc.org
The Children's Bill of Rights
ARTICLE I All children are equal without distinction of any kind; such as race, color, sex, language, religion, nationality or social history, wealth, birth right or any other status.
ARTICLE II
All children have the right to a scholastic education and to be educated of these rights.
ARTICLE III
All children have the right to feel safe and to be safe at home or at school, in every activity.
ARTICLE IV
No child shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishments.
ARTICLE V
No child shall be held in slavery or servitude; Slavery and the Slave Trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
ARTICLE VI
No child shall be subjected to emotional, physical or mental harassment or ridicule by anyone at anytime in any place.
ARTICLE VII
No child shall be solicited for the purpose of sex; touching of children’s genitalia is universally prohibited except in the course of medical treatment by a licensed physician. Any touching of children for personal gratification is always prohibited without exception.
ARTICLE VIII
Every child has a right to be free from the harms listed above and entitled to equal protection under the law. No child is an exception. Every child has an equal right of access to the law.
ARTICLE IX
No child shall be without food, clothes, or shelter. Upon discovery of a violation of this article, an immediate remedy shall be sought by all means available.
ARTICLE X
Every child has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and labor as it applies to chores.
ARTICLE XI
No child shall be without health care, medical care or necessary social services. During childhood, children are entitled to special care and assistance which extends to their mother and/or father in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or other unfortunate circumstances beyond control.
ARTICLE XII
A child’s education shall be free and it shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship between all children to the benefit of all humankind.
Free lesson plan, 7th-11th grade level (click on this link)
Confidentiality Notice: This communication with it's contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communication Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender at (760)772-3402, and destroy all copies of the communication. Thank you. 501(c)3 IRS Tax ID#99-0372234
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Petition created on December 28, 2013