Manuel Rustin, Ed.D.
@manuelrustin.bsky.social
High School Teacher (Ethnic Studies, Gov/Econ). Doctor of Education. Policy advocate. Milken Educator. Out for the same thing the sun is sunnin' for.
Creator & Co-host of AOTAshow.com
📍 Tovaangar | Los Angeles
Creator & Co-host of AOTAshow.com
📍 Tovaangar | Los Angeles
Imagine being a new math teacher serving your own community and the school district you graduated from and now work in gives you a pink slip just two months after your house and your town burned down in the fire. My teacher homies need help. My plea:
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
California leaders need to keep their promises to the schools affected by LA fires | Opinion
A Los Angeles-area teacher reflects on promises by state officials after 115 teachers, many devastated by the fires, received layoff notices.
calmatters.org
March 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Imagine being a new math teacher serving your own community and the school district you graduated from and now work in gives you a pink slip just two months after your house and your town burned down in the fire. My teacher homies need help. My plea:
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
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Grief is not linear, phew.
March 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Grief is not linear, phew.
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Stories like these are important to personalize what Trump/Musk policies are doing. Too bad so few people read the Sacramento Bee and other legacy media these days
February 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Stories like these are important to personalize what Trump/Musk policies are doing. Too bad so few people read the Sacramento Bee and other legacy media these days
Students across our district high schools organized a walkout yesterday and converged on city hall to voice their opposition to ICE. Community members showed up along the 3mi walk from our campus to pass out water and snacks to the youth. Beautiful scenes all around.
February 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Students across our district high schools organized a walkout yesterday and converged on city hall to voice their opposition to ICE. Community members showed up along the 3mi walk from our campus to pass out water and snacks to the youth. Beautiful scenes all around.
If there’s a room full of Jedi younglings somewhere I think today would be a good day to check in on ‘em
February 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If there’s a room full of Jedi younglings somewhere I think today would be a good day to check in on ‘em
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Children never deserve this. It breaks my heart.
Recently returned to school. About 200 students & 12 staff lost their homes in the fire.
And students tell me they’re terrified that ICE will take their family.
And students tell me they’re afraid of FAFSA and what Musk will do with their info.
The worst of times for so many of our students.
And students tell me they’re terrified that ICE will take their family.
And students tell me they’re afraid of FAFSA and what Musk will do with their info.
The worst of times for so many of our students.
February 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Children never deserve this. It breaks my heart.
Recently returned to school. About 200 students & 12 staff lost their homes in the fire.
And students tell me they’re terrified that ICE will take their family.
And students tell me they’re afraid of FAFSA and what Musk will do with their info.
The worst of times for so many of our students.
And students tell me they’re terrified that ICE will take their family.
And students tell me they’re afraid of FAFSA and what Musk will do with their info.
The worst of times for so many of our students.
February 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Recently returned to school. About 200 students & 12 staff lost their homes in the fire.
And students tell me they’re terrified that ICE will take their family.
And students tell me they’re afraid of FAFSA and what Musk will do with their info.
The worst of times for so many of our students.
And students tell me they’re terrified that ICE will take their family.
And students tell me they’re afraid of FAFSA and what Musk will do with their info.
The worst of times for so many of our students.
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- GoFundMe pages supporting Black families devastated by the Eaton fire: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
- Pasadena Educational Foundation: interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/webl...
- Pasadena Educational Foundation: interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/webl...
Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory
docs.google.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
- GoFundMe pages supporting Black families devastated by the Eaton fire: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
- Pasadena Educational Foundation: interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/webl...
- Pasadena Educational Foundation: interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/webl...
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This week we talk through the aftermath of the LA fires, through the lens of educators. And we know many people want to help.
Thanks for supporting the community! Here’s a few good ways:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
- GoFundMe pages set up by Altadena families: linktr.ee/eatonfire?ut...
Thanks for supporting the community! Here’s a few good ways:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
- GoFundMe pages set up by Altadena families: linktr.ee/eatonfire?ut...
Los Angeles Fires Update: Community and Schools - Passing Period #144
Podcast Episode · All of the Above Podcast · 01/11/2025 · 1h 13m
podcasts.apple.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This week we talk through the aftermath of the LA fires, through the lens of educators. And we know many people want to help.
Thanks for supporting the community! Here’s a few good ways:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
- GoFundMe pages set up by Altadena families: linktr.ee/eatonfire?ut...
Thanks for supporting the community! Here’s a few good ways:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
- GoFundMe pages set up by Altadena families: linktr.ee/eatonfire?ut...
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Really inconceivable how many multigenerational, working-class households in my school community suddenly just turned to ashes. Whole residential blocks. Sharing this list of GoFundMe’s for those who wish to contribute what they can directly to the families themselves.
linktr.ee/eatonfire?ut...
linktr.ee/eatonfire?ut...
@eatonfires | Linktree
Dedicated GoFundMe's directly from our affected residents of Altadena/Pasadena
linktr.ee
January 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Really inconceivable how many multigenerational, working-class households in my school community suddenly just turned to ashes. Whole residential blocks. Sharing this list of GoFundMe’s for those who wish to contribute what they can directly to the families themselves.
linktr.ee/eatonfire?ut...
linktr.ee/eatonfire?ut...
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Bluesky history teachers! Please spread the word to help my colleague. Joe is a dedicated history teacher who I’ve worked with for 17yrs. He regularly hosted department dinners at his house in Altadena, which he himself inherited from his working-class parents. It’s now ashes. #sschat #eduskychat
Donate to Help Joe Auch Rebuild After Eaton Fire, organized by Matthew Hart
Joe Auch is a lifelong Altadena resident, John Muir & Eliot Arts Alumni, and activ… Matthew Hart needs your support for Help Joe Auch Rebuild After Eaton Fire
gofund.me
January 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Bluesky history teachers! Please spread the word to help my colleague. Joe is a dedicated history teacher who I’ve worked with for 17yrs. He regularly hosted department dinners at his house in Altadena, which he himself inherited from his working-class parents. It’s now ashes. #sschat #eduskychat
Bluesky history teachers! Please spread the word to help my colleague. Joe is a dedicated history teacher who I’ve worked with for 17yrs. He regularly hosted department dinners at his house in Altadena, which he himself inherited from his working-class parents. It’s now ashes. #sschat #eduskychat
Donate to Help Joe Auch Rebuild After Eaton Fire, organized by Matthew Hart
Joe Auch is a lifelong Altadena resident, John Muir & Eliot Arts Alumni, and activ… Matthew Hart needs your support for Help Joe Auch Rebuild After Eaton Fire
gofund.me
January 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Bluesky history teachers! Please spread the word to help my colleague. Joe is a dedicated history teacher who I’ve worked with for 17yrs. He regularly hosted department dinners at his house in Altadena, which he himself inherited from his working-class parents. It’s now ashes. #sschat #eduskychat
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This Week: we update you on the LA fires from the perspective of Pasadena and LA educators. Plus, ways you can help ❤️. @manuelrustin.bsky.social and Jeff discuss!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Los Angeles Fires Update: Community and Schools - Passing Period #144
Podcast Episode · All of the Above Podcast · 01/11/2025 · 1h 13m
podcasts.apple.com
January 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This Week: we update you on the LA fires from the perspective of Pasadena and LA educators. Plus, ways you can help ❤️. @manuelrustin.bsky.social and Jeff discuss!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Really inconceivable how many multigenerational, working-class households in my school community suddenly just turned to ashes. Whole residential blocks. Sharing this list of GoFundMe’s for those who wish to contribute what they can directly to the families themselves.
linktr.ee/eatonfire?ut...
linktr.ee/eatonfire?ut...
@eatonfires | Linktree
Dedicated GoFundMe's directly from our affected residents of Altadena/Pasadena
linktr.ee
January 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Really inconceivable how many multigenerational, working-class households in my school community suddenly just turned to ashes. Whole residential blocks. Sharing this list of GoFundMe’s for those who wish to contribute what they can directly to the families themselves.
linktr.ee/eatonfire?ut...
linktr.ee/eatonfire?ut...
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No one is coming to save us. We’ve got to be there for each other.
January 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
No one is coming to save us. We’ve got to be there for each other.
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I can’t begin to express how bad these fires are. Friends have evacuated to our house and other friends are packing up what they can to evacuate and we are wondering if we are going to have to evacuate too. It’s such a colossal shitshow.
January 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I can’t begin to express how bad these fires are. Friends have evacuated to our house and other friends are packing up what they can to evacuate and we are wondering if we are going to have to evacuate too. It’s such a colossal shitshow.
Getting pics and videos from dear students and colleagues of their homes burnt to the ground. Multigenerational households turned to dust. It’s not even close to over, and all I can do right now is just sit and watch and send love.
I’m still good. Unknown number of students and colleagues have lost their homes, fire still spreading.
This is *exactly* the neighborhood Octavia grew up in and wrote about in Parable of the Sower. And she tried to warn us.
This is *exactly* the neighborhood Octavia grew up in and wrote about in Parable of the Sower. And she tried to warn us.
January 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Getting pics and videos from dear students and colleagues of their homes burnt to the ground. Multigenerational households turned to dust. It’s not even close to over, and all I can do right now is just sit and watch and send love.
I’m still good. Unknown number of students and colleagues have lost their homes, fire still spreading.
This is *exactly* the neighborhood Octavia grew up in and wrote about in Parable of the Sower. And she tried to warn us.
This is *exactly* the neighborhood Octavia grew up in and wrote about in Parable of the Sower. And she tried to warn us.
January 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I’m still good. Unknown number of students and colleagues have lost their homes, fire still spreading.
This is *exactly* the neighborhood Octavia grew up in and wrote about in Parable of the Sower. And she tried to warn us.
This is *exactly* the neighborhood Octavia grew up in and wrote about in Parable of the Sower. And she tried to warn us.
Fire weather in January. The outlying areas of Los Angeles are burning, my school district just shut down, and evacuation orders are expanding. I’m good right now where I live but many of my students are packing and fleeing as I type this. Long night ahead 🙏🏾
January 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Fire weather in January. The outlying areas of Los Angeles are burning, my school district just shut down, and evacuation orders are expanding. I’m good right now where I live but many of my students are packing and fleeing as I type this. Long night ahead 🙏🏾
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🎂#HappyBirthdayToMe!
🎥 check out this excerpted trailer for my book “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education” from @haymarketbooks.org—and if folks want to help me celebrate, pre-order a signed copy at: www.elliottbaybook.com/item/UfU8gx4...
❤️🙏🏾✊🏾
🎥 check out this excerpted trailer for my book “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education” from @haymarketbooks.org—and if folks want to help me celebrate, pre-order a signed copy at: www.elliottbaybook.com/item/UfU8gx4...
❤️🙏🏾✊🏾
January 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
🎂#HappyBirthdayToMe!
🎥 check out this excerpted trailer for my book “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education” from @haymarketbooks.org—and if folks want to help me celebrate, pre-order a signed copy at: www.elliottbaybook.com/item/UfU8gx4...
❤️🙏🏾✊🏾
🎥 check out this excerpted trailer for my book “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education” from @haymarketbooks.org—and if folks want to help me celebrate, pre-order a signed copy at: www.elliottbaybook.com/item/UfU8gx4...
❤️🙏🏾✊🏾
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This Week: we're back for 2025 and we've got some good news (gasp!) about politics and education. CA has several new laws on the books and a federal judge in AR overturns a draconian, right wing book ban. @manuelrustin.bsky.social @mrjgarrett.bsky.social discuss!
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New Ed Laws in CA and AR Federal Judge Blocks Draconian Book Bans - Passing Period #143
Podcast Episode · All of the Above Podcast · 01/04/2025 · 57m
podcasts.apple.com
January 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This Week: we're back for 2025 and we've got some good news (gasp!) about politics and education. CA has several new laws on the books and a federal judge in AR overturns a draconian, right wing book ban. @manuelrustin.bsky.social @mrjgarrett.bsky.social discuss!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
They just need to add AI to this paid subscription service + sports betting combo and I’ll hit my 2025 dystopian parlay
DraftKings has launched a new $20 a month subscription service that “will give members increased odds on the types of bets that are most profitable for the company”
DraftKings Users Can Now Buy Better Odds Via Subscription
DraftKings' new Sportsbook+ subscription service will increase member odds for the biggest, longest parlays, which are best for company margins.
www.sportico.com
January 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
They just need to add AI to this paid subscription service + sports betting combo and I’ll hit my 2025 dystopian parlay
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Happy Independence Day to Haiti! 🇭🇹
The Western Hemisphere owes a huge debt of gratitude to the little island that wrested its independence from its captors.
World powers have tried to make Haiti into an example after it fought for its freedom, but the spirit lives on.
Viv Ayiti!
The Western Hemisphere owes a huge debt of gratitude to the little island that wrested its independence from its captors.
World powers have tried to make Haiti into an example after it fought for its freedom, but the spirit lives on.
Viv Ayiti!
January 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Happy Independence Day to Haiti! 🇭🇹
The Western Hemisphere owes a huge debt of gratitude to the little island that wrested its independence from its captors.
World powers have tried to make Haiti into an example after it fought for its freedom, but the spirit lives on.
Viv Ayiti!
The Western Hemisphere owes a huge debt of gratitude to the little island that wrested its independence from its captors.
World powers have tried to make Haiti into an example after it fought for its freedom, but the spirit lives on.
Viv Ayiti!
TEN THOUSAND SOULS. Resting now, with the ancestors somewhere in a space beyond those same horrific waters.
The migration route that connects West African nations with the Spanish Canary Islands remains the deadliest in the world, according to a Spanish aid organization.
More than 10,000 migrants died in 2024 trying to reach Spain by sea, aid group says
The migration route that connects West African nations with the Spanish Canary Islands remains the deadliest in the world, according to a Spanish aid organization.
www.npr.org
December 27, 2024 at 7:38 PM
TEN THOUSAND SOULS. Resting now, with the ancestors somewhere in a space beyond those same horrific waters.