My name is Alex Brower and I’m running to be your next MPS School Board Director. As the only MPS educator running in District 5, I have seen firsthand how current policies are failing our majority Black and Brown student population. From policies that criminalize student behavior and worsen the school-to-prison pipeline, to privatization, over-testing and underfunding, MPS is in need of transformative change. 

 As someone who has a proven track record fighting and winning structural changes in MPS and as democratic socialist, I plan to take the lead on achieving that change as a school board director.

• • I am the only educator in this race, and the only candidate who’s worked for MPS. Throughout my seven years as a substitute teacher, I’ve taught in 48 MPS schools in all grade levels – grades K-3 through 12th. 
  • I am the only candidate endorsed by the teachers’ union, the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association. MPS teachers trust me because they have seen me fighting for students and our community for years. 
  • I am a co-parent with my partner, Brandy, and I understand the challenges of balancing work and supporting our child’s virtual learning during the pandemic. 
  • I am the only candidate with a track record of winning real change for MPS through the school board. For example, as past president of the substitute teachers’ union, I defied the skeptics and won healthcare benefits for many substitute teachers by going on a 21-day hunger strike and defeated efforts to privatize our jobs.
  • I am the only candidate who has been actively involved in social movements in my community. Whether it’s standing up for immigrant rights and the Black Lives Matter movement, to being a leader in my union, I come from and will be accountable to social movements – not the political establishment.
  • I am the only candidate in District 5 who’s willing to fight back against the corporate political establishment in our city and am running as a democratic socialist. We need our public schools to center the needs of our students and community –  not corporations.

I have the experience, vision and political courage to stand up for our students and create the transformative change that MPS students deserve. I would be honored to earn your vote on April 6th.