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Beyond Tolerance 7

This year’s Beyond Tolerance Conference for Youth is coming up on Friday, May 31st at Vanguard High School from 4:30-8:30pm.  It is an afternoon conference focused on issues of gender and sexuality.  Participants will have an opportunity to attend workshops and meet with people from local organizations to find out more about the resources in our area.  REGISTER HERE  and please help us spread the word!

If your group is interested in TABLING at this year’s conference, please let us know as soon as possible by filling out THIS FORM.
Here is the schedule for the evening:
4:30pm – 5:20pm: Expo-style tabling & snacks (community groups and student groups)
5:30pm – 6:20pm: Session I workshops
6:30pm – 7:20pm: Session II workshops
7:30pm – 8:30pm: Open Mic / “mini-ball”
ALSO, if you haven’t already seen it, you can check out our Beyond Tolerance Guide, an online collection of resources that features many of the organizations that will be with us on the 31st.
Don’t hesitate to contact us at nyqueer@nycore.org with any questions.
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RSVP 5.17.13 NYCoRE Monthly Meeting – Parents and Teachers United, We’ll Never be Defeated!

Parents and Teachers United,
We’ll Never be Defeated!

At February’s general meeting, we heard from candidates from the Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE) on why we need to organize our chapters and take over leadership of the UFT. In March, we heard inspiring words about the power of united communities from Karen Lewis, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union. The political education piece from April’s Member Meeting focused on community organizations. This month educators will hear from parent organizations on how they can support their work and help NYC parent organizations build a fight against the ferocious attacks on public education.

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for June, when our third Member Meeting will culminate with a focus on youth/youth-serving groups as part of our look at how our work connects to their efforts.

In addition to our political education piece, there will be more ways to engage in critical discussions around issues affecting education.

Check out the following breakout groups:

  • New Teacher Group
  • No Human Being is Illegal
  • NYCoRE Planbook Organizing
  • Working with Parent Groups

If you are interested in leading a break out-group, joining the member committee, or representing your organization, please e-mail Rosie Frascella at rosie@nycore.org.

Location:
NYU Pless Hall 3rd Floor Lounge
82 Washington Square East
New York, NY
Time:
6:00 to 8:00 PM

There will also be a NYCoRE 101 Session at 5:30 for folks who are new to NYCoRE and who would like to hear more about the organization and ways to plug into it. If you are interested, please RSVP here.

Some food will be provided

Please Bring ID and RSVP here to give us a head count for food, and to notify security.

Thanks,
NYCoRE Member Committee
http://www.nycore.org

Support provided by the Union Square Award, a project of the Tides Center.

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DJ Ultraman Images & Playlists from 2013 NYCoRE Conference

Opening and closing for Karen Lewis’ keynote address at the 2013 NYCoRE Conference was DJ Ultraman (Dr. Benji Chang)

Below are the powerpoint slide shows presented by DJ Ultraman as he was spinnin’ the wheels.

We’ve also included the playlists.

Part 1: Issues of Education & Social Justice

Slideshow link: http://youtu.be/mLufe_3S2RQ

Part 1 Playlist One

  1. nas ft. tupac – thugz mansion
  2. blue scholars – commencement day (clean edit)
  3. fugees – ready or not (instrum)
  4. wu-tang clan – c.r.e.a.m. (instrum)
  5. dumbfoundead – are we there yet?
  6. bambu – where you from (clean edit)
  7. nas – if i ruled the world (instrum)

Slideshow link: http://youtu.be/lZ5wifkuDVI

Part 2: Playlist Two

  1. erykah badu – love of my life
  2. kanye west – good morning (instrum)
  3. rebel diaz – pistola clap (clean)
  4. native guns – next frontier (clean)
  5. lauryn hill – everything is everything
  6. krs-1 – step into a world (instrum)
  7. ozomatli – saturday nite (clean)
  8. common – the people

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