RELOCATION- NYCoRE 2014 Conference

New Location:  2014 NYCoRE Conference

New Address:

The Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women

 283 Adams Street, Brooklyn NY 11201

Date and Time Remain the Same
March 15th, 2014
8:45-5:45

 

NYCoRE is committed to holding our annual conference in NYC public school buildings because we believe that public schools should be community spaces where education stakeholders such as teachers, students and parents can come together to engage on issues of educational justice.  Our decision to host the conference in a public school building is not without its challenges.  One such challenge is the issue of locating a barrier free building that can accommodate 800 participants!  Sadly, 75.7% of NYC public school buildings are not even “functionally accessible”.  Despite considerable efforts on the part of many, we were unable to obtain the equipment necessary to make our initial conference home even partially accessible.

This is why NYCoRE has decided to relocate the conference to Urban Assembly Institute in downtown Brooklyn.  This experience has opened our eyes to the ways in which we have not organizationally attended to issues of (dis)abilities and has bolstered our commitment to increasing access at the conference and other NYCoRE events.  We look forward to further dialogue with the larger community about further steps to make our organization and its events more inclusive for all.

We are grateful to both BCAM and our new home Urban Assembly Institute for working with us to make this conference great!

For registration information: http://www.nycore.org/conference (Update 3.14.14: Online conference registration is now closed. There will be limited on-site registration tomorrow (Saturday) at 8:45 am.)

Transportation:  2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall –  A, C, F to Metro Tech-Jay Street- [check for service changes]

Questions? info@nycore.org

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Icon Parking Systems 111 Livingston Street (between Boerum Pl and Court St) 0.3 miles $10/10 hours
GGMC Parking 22 Smith Street 0.3 miles
Manhattan Parking Boro Corporation 40 Clinton Street 0.3 miles $13 all day; $23 for vans and SUVs
Central Parking at the Marriott 333 Adams Street 338 feet $18/car, $30/SUV
Brother’s Car Park 180 Montague Street 0.3 miles $12 all day, $18 for SUVs
Central Parking at 1 Pierpont Plaza 300 Cadman Plaza West 0.2 miles
Car Park Systems 120 Concord Street/219 Jay Street 0.3 miles $16/12 hours, $24 4×4, out by 12am

Crowdsourcing for NYCoRE Educators of Color 3rd Annual Retreat

NYCoRE Educators of Color 3rd Annual Retreat: Pulse Taking

 

Colleagues:

It’s that time again! The Educators of Color Annual Retreat planning committee has begun…drumroll…planning!

NYCoRE-Educators of Color Mission Statement:

We are a group of people who identify as educators of color, who are committed to fighting for social justice in our school system and society at large. We emerged in order to uphold NYCoRE’s commitment to maintaining majority people of color. We seek to sustain a visible and critical presence within the larger NYCoRE collective. We advocate for a nurturing, transformative and action-driven space for educators of color to connect, learn, struggle, and heal together. We do this work to build and connect bridges for our collective liberation.

NYCoRE-EoC group needs some feedback on location for the 3rd annual retreat. 

Past Retreat Locations
1st Annual Retreat, 2012: World Fellowship Center (http://www.worldfellowship.org)
2nd Annual Retreat, 2013: Betances Community Center (http://bronxworks.org/betances-community-center)
3rd Annual Retreat, 2014: Dreamyard Project (http://dreamyard.com) and/or Queens Museum (http://www.queensmuseum.org). Help us decide!

Option 1: DreamYard Project
Pros: DreamYard has plenty of space for gathering to together and breaking out into small work groups.
There’s a kitchen.
There are yoga mats and space to do yoga, movement, theater.
There are general art supplies, butcher paper, etc. So we wouldn’t have to bring any of that.
Cons: It’s a bit of hike depending on where you’re coming from, but accessible via public transportation.
There isn’t any park (green) space near by.

Option 2: Queens Museum
Pros: Near a park, tons of (green) space and a “rep” who will inform us of all of the awesome resources the Queens Museum can provide us. According to the rep, we can “meet/interact with our education department and introduce them to the museum and our programs (we could do a tour and activity that takes them through the museum and let them know about our programs).”
Cons: Far.

Option 3: Combo
Saturday at DreamYard with a South Bronx or Harlem social option, and Sunday at the Queens Museum with some park activity options.

Let us know your thoughts!
–NYCoRE Educators of Color Group

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For more information about the group or the next potluck, please email us at: poc-group@nycore.org or info@nycore.org

 

Registration Open: NYCoRE 5th Annual Conference- Radical Possibilities

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5th Annual NYCoRE Conference

Radical Possibilities

New Location:

The Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women at 283 Adams Street, Brooklyn NY 11201

Date and Time Remain the Same March 15th, 2014 8:45-5:45

See our re-location statement for more info

Date: Saturday, March 15, 2014

 

Registration now open! Click Here

Asean and Shoenice (standing). Photo Credit: FMFP 2013

Asean and Shoenice (standing). Photo Credit: FMFP 2013

Asean Johnson, 4th Grader and Education Activist
Shoenice Reynolds, Education Activist and Asean’s mom

Moderator: Ama Codjoe, Dreamyard Action Project and NYCoRE Member

8:45-9:30    Registration and Breakfast
9:30-10:45    Opening and Keynote
11:00-12:30    Workshop #1
12:30-1:30    Lunch and Tabling
1:45- 3:15    Workshop #2
3:30-5:00    Workshop #3
5:00-5:30    Community Building
5:45-8:00    After party

For more information about the conference: Click here.

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