[Vision2020] White House Bans Press at Teacher of the Year Award for Spokane, WA. Educator

[Ted Moffett]

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The interview with Spokane teacher Mandy Manning is wonderful which can be
read (full transcript) or heard at the first website below.
Her "protest" is also described in another article lower down.

It makes sense Trump and his propagandist buddies would ban the press from
this award ceremony at the White House, given how it humanizes immigrants
and refugees, which might cause confusion or hostility among his supporters
under the spell of the scapegoating zenophobia Trump has utilized to
manipulate the public.
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*Meet the 2018 Teacher of the Year Honored by Trump Whom the White House
Doesn’t Want You to Hear*

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/5/7/meet_the_teacher_who_staged_a

Story May 07, 2018

When Mandy Manning received her 2018 Teacher of the Year award at the White
House Wednesday, the press was barred from her speech, and President Trump
did not mention who she teaches: immigrant and refugee children. While she
was at the White House, Manning handed President Donald Trump a stack of
letters from her refugee and immigrant students, while billionaire
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos looked on. She also wore six politically
themed buttons as she accepted her award from Trump, featuring artwork from
the 2017 Women’s March, a rainbow flag and the slogan “Trans Equality Now!”
Mandy Manning joins us from Spokane, Washington, where she is an English
and math teacher at the Joel E. Ferris High School. She was named 2018
National Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief School State Officers.

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https://www.democracynow.org/2018/5/4/headlines/national_teacher_of_the_year_holds_protest_as_trump_awards_prize
National Teacher of the Year Silently Protests as Trump Awards Prize
Headline May 04, 2018

The winner of the National Teacher of the Year award held a silent protest
Wednesday against the Trump administration’s policies as she was honored by
the president in a White House ceremony. Mandy Manning wore six politically
themed buttons as she accepted her award from Trump, while billionaire
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos looked on. Manning’s buttons featured
artwork from the 2017 Women’s March, a rainbow flag and the slogan “Trans
Equality Now!” She later presented Trump with a stack of letters from her
students—teenage refugees at Joel E. Ferris High School in Spokane,
Washington. After her protest, Manning told USA Today, “I am here for
refugee and immigrant students, for the kids in the gay-straight alliance,
and for all the girls I’ve coached over the years.”
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