Mark, public high school teacher, UTLA union member, pink-slipped three years in a row

I’m marching against the wars because we are losing thousands of teachers to budget cuts, but the government can spend billions to fund war.

This is my third year being pink-slipped by LAUSD and I am tired of the government telling me that there's "no money" for education while the U.S. continues to spend taxpayer money occupying other countries!

Yohana, early childhood educator

I work with young children from the very communities who count on the the funding that is on the chopping block right now.

I'm marching on March 19 to stop the wars because our kids deserve social services and a quality education. Threatening them with cuts should be considered a criminal act. We need more money for poor and working people, not for wars that kill innocent children and families in Afghanistan and Iraq.

David, teacher at public middle school, UTLA union member

Being a public school teacher, I'm proud to march against the wars. It makes no sense that the Pentagon gets nearly one trillion a year for war and occupation, but thousands of teachers are being laid off and furloughed in Los Angeles alone.

The wars on Iraq and Afghansitan represent a war on working people here at home. The trillions of  dollars that go to bailing out banks and waging imperialist war should be spent here at home to provide all people with education, health care, and housing. The war on public education and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are the same thing. We must build a people's movement so we can fight back.

Ena, women's reproductive health advocate 

As a reproductive health rights advocate, I am marching because hundreds of billions of dollars are spent occupying the people of Iraq and Afghanistan, while vital health care services are being cut right here at home.

Women and all people deserve quality services and good lives. Stopping the wars and, instead, funding people's real needs is so necessary right now.

Join me on the streets on March 19!