A friend of mine came up with the idea of sending postcards or Christmas
cards to the officials, in this case, specifically with regards to the family in
Bremen who has their bank accounts frozen last week. Afraid that the authorities
might actually come in the night to take the boys, the boys slept over at a
friend's house one night, then the family made the decision to send the boys to
school so that they wouldn't risk losing custody, and so that they could have
their accounts freed up, sell their house, and move themselves and their
business to Austria. The boys did go to school, but only for one day (if I
understood correctly), as a lawyer then was able to submit a request to the
federal court that custody not be removed until the case has actually come to
court. This was accepted, so the boys are home again, but the bank accounts are
still frozen.
So, if you want to write to the Senator for Education and Science in
Bremen, here is her address:
Senatorin für Bildung und Wissenschaft
Frau Jürgens-Pieper
Rembertiring 8-12
28195 Bremen
Rembertiring 8-12
28195 Bremen
A suggested text would be:
"Sehr geehrte Frau Jürgens-Pieper, Frohe Weihnachten, in der Hoffnung, dass es bis nächste Weihnachten in Bremen Bildungsfreiheit gibt. Mit schönen Grüssen von Famile (insert your last name.)"
"Sehr geehrte Frau Jürgens-Pieper, Frohe Weihnachten, in der Hoffnung, dass es bis nächste Weihnachten in Bremen Bildungsfreiheit gibt. Mit schönen Grüssen von Famile (insert your last name.)"
Or if you prefer, in English, "Dear Mrs. Jürgens-Pieper, Merry Christmas,
in the hope, that by next Christmas educational freedom will exist in Bremen.
With greetings from the (X) family."
I'd love a quick comment on my blog (even anonymous!) if you send a
postcard, and I'll try to post some more addresses soon!
Nov. 26, 2007
more details on the protest this
Friday
Here is some more specific information for those who are nearby for the protest
in front of the German School in Pretoria, South Africa. I look forward to
hearing about it afterwards, and will report here. :-)
"With this message I would like to request home schooling parents to
support this protest.
South African home schoolers have the freedom to provide home
education, thanks to home schoolers all over the world that campaigned
against the South African government. Due to this pressure, South
African legislation was changed to allow home education. If we now
help home schoolers in other countries, then they will help us again
in the future, should this be necessary.
You can support this protest in one or more of the following ways:
1) Please read the media release carefully and think of slogans
that we can put on our banners during the protest. The slogans can be
in English of German. You can publish your slogan on this mailing list.
2) Distribute the media release on other mailing lists that you
are subscribed to that might be interested in it.
3) Help us the phone home schoolers to encourage them to take
part in the protest. The Pestalozzi Trust has made it telephone
facilities available to the association. Please phone Leendert van
Oostrum at (082) 8262 675 and make an appointment to come to the
offices of the Pestalozzi Trust and help them to make phone calls or
get a list of numbers to phone from your home.
4) Attend the protest on Friday 30 November. The protest will be
a stationary poster demonstration at the German School in Simon
Vermooten Drive. The protest will be between 10h00 and 16h00, and you
can come anytime during these hours. However, the most people should
be their between 13h00 and 15h00, because this is the time during
which parents pick up their children at the school.
Regards
- Bouwe van der Eems
(Chairman : Association for HomeSchooling)
"With this message I would like to request home schooling parents to
support this protest.
South African home schoolers have the freedom to provide home
education, thanks to home schoolers all over the world that campaigned
against the South African government. Due to this pressure, South
African legislation was changed to allow home education. If we now
help home schoolers in other countries, then they will help us again
in the future, should this be necessary.
You can support this protest in one or more of the following ways:
1) Please read the media release carefully and think of slogans
that we can put on our banners during the protest. The slogans can be
in English of German. You can publish your slogan on this mailing list.
2) Distribute the media release on other mailing lists that you
are subscribed to that might be interested in it.
3) Help us the phone home schoolers to encourage them to take
part in the protest. The Pestalozzi Trust has made it telephone
facilities available to the association. Please phone Leendert van
Oostrum at (082) 8262 675 and make an appointment to come to the
offices of the Pestalozzi Trust and help them to make phone calls or
get a list of numbers to phone from your home.
4) Attend the protest on Friday 30 November. The protest will be
a stationary poster demonstration at the German School in Simon
Vermooten Drive. The protest will be between 10h00 and 16h00, and you
can come anytime during these hours. However, the most people should
be their between 13h00 and 15h00, because this is the time during
which parents pick up their children at the school.
Regards
- Bouwe van der Eems
(Chairman : Association for HomeSchooling)
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