TheAlliance for Quality Education has collected more than 16,000 signatures on a petition against education budget cuts which they willdelivered to the mayor's office on Thursday, June 16 after a press conference at 12:45 p.m. on the steps of City Hall.

Organizers are hoping for at least 20,000 signatures and are urging people to sign the petition, share the information on Facebook, and retweet news of the event.

Here's what you can do:

Sign the petition here.

ReTweet on Twitter:Tell Mayor Bloomberg and the NYC Council: No Excuses for School Cuts http://signon.org/s/4sVChq#noexcuses

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And check out other efforts against the anticipated budget cuts for 2011-2012 here.