Photo by Shelley Hawes

February 28, 2005 - A crowd of several thousand brave the cold and raise their voices during a Rally for Public Education in front of the Capitol.

KEEP THE PROMISE VIDEO (Windows Media Player, 1 min; 1.3MB)

THE PROMISE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Quick Time, 8 mins; 26MB-CAUTION: This is a very large file.)

The Rally made the cover of the March 4 edition of Session Weekly!

Jon Kent's rally speech - Jon Kent was the senior at Hopkins High School who spoke at the rally.  We've had so many requests for his speech, we requested the text and have posted it here.  Thank you Jon! 

See also, photos posted at:

• Workday Minnesota article, Large crowd at Capitol to support public schools (scroll down)
• Minnesota Public Radio article, Thousands rally for state education funding

Photos posted at Citizens for Eden Prairie Schools.

Rally photos posted at AMSD.

Parents United Network Rally Photos (Power Point)