Save Our Schools Arizona Network

We are a non-partisan, community-based organization supporting strong public schools to build a better Arizona. We: • Research public education issues affecting our state in an objective, fact-based manner • Engage Arizonans around the topic of public education by sharing research and initiating dialogues around the state • Collaborate with other local and national education and community groups, business partners, and other leaders to build support for public education in Arizona

Save Our Schools Arizona Network was founded by a group of moms around a kitchen table who believed the fight for public education was essential to our state and our communities. We are dedicated to educating every Arizona about the critical importance of public education as essential to the survival of American democracy. Through our work, we've built a uniquely effective 18,000+ statewide volunteer network of parents, educators, students and community members who are willing to work tirelessly to support their local public schools.

We're doing the hard, person-to-person work of deep community organizing in every corner of the state. We host community townhalls to educate communities about why K-12 funding matters and why our public schools are under threat by extremists who want to undermine our democracy. We run voter education and registration drives throughout Arizona that focus on underserved and overlooked rural, urban, and suburban communities. We host civic engagement summits that bring together coalitions of local, statewide and national organizations to help build the organizing capacity of their communities. And we facilitate conversations between local and national leaders in the fight for public schools.

As we look to the critical year of 2024, we've developed a roadmap for elevating the fight for public education across America and restoring our public schools in Arizona and beyond. The path forward in Arizona rests in building electoral power and changing the balance of power in our state legislature.

Testimonials

"Through Save Our Schools Arizona Network, I learned how to advocate for public schools. I've learned my voice matters, and I'm teaching others the same. Public schools unite us, and serve all students. We must advocate for our public schools to ensure a better future for our students." - Raquel Mamani, Latino Outreach Coordinator, Board Member, special education teacher, and parent