<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 9pt; "> <O:P></O:P></P><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><B>Community Change Inc.</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Brown Ba</B><SPAN style=""><I>g </I></SPAN><B><I>Anti-Racism Discussion Series 2007</I></B><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><H2 align="left" style=""><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Changing the Public Discourse around Race</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></H2><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><B>The MCAS REFORM BILL</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><B>Are you concerned about how the “must pass” MCAS harms all students – disproportionately affecting students of color --</B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><B>by increasing the drop-out rate, lowering graduation rate, “teaching to the test,” narrowing curricula, and decreasing motivation to learn?</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 37.3333px;"><B>LISTEN and DISCUSS with</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 37.3333px;"><B>REP. CARL SCIORTINO</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 32px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><B>co-sponsor of the MCAS Reform Bill to develop a multiple assessment system to determine student competence</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 32px;"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style=""><B style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">LEARN WHAT YOU CAN DO!</SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 32px;"><B>July 23, 2007 (Monday)</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 32px;"><B>Noon—1:30 p.m.</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 32px;"><B>Community Change Library on Racism</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 32px;"><B>14 Beacon Street, Room 605</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><H3 align="left" style=""><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 32px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 29.3333px;">Boston MA 02108</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></H3><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B>Please bring your lunch. Beverages will be provided. $5 contribution requested. 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