For a brief overview of upcoming events and working group meetings go to our events calendar page.
Beyond Tolerance:
Building Communities that Support Queer Students and Teachers
Saturday, May 31st, 9:30 AM to 3PM
Join students, teachers and community organizers for a dialogue and workshop on challenging heteronormative assumptions and combating homophobia and transphobia in NYC schools.
NYU Barney Building, 34 Stuyvesant St.
(Between 2nd & 3rd Ave. and 9th & 10th Sts. L to 3rd Ave, 6 to Astor Pl, R/W to 8th St)
*Lunch and a lite breakfast will be provided.*
For more info or to RSVP write nyqueer@nycore.org
NYQueer is a group of teachers focused on gender and sexuality as they relate to school communities. The daily pressures of teaching students at any level (K-12) are such that teachers often feel as if they do not have the time, the support, or access to the resources they need for addressing gender and sexuality in the classroom. More specifically, they are unsure how to challenge homophobic assumptions and combat homophobia. Recognizing the wealth of resources that both individuals and organizations throughout the city have to offer in this area, NYQueer is planning a one day event that aims to unite students, teachers and community organizers for the purpose of building a stronger solidarity network and increasing awareness about existing resources and possibilities.
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Students or Soldiers?
New York City Students are entitled to explore a wide range of college and career options. Yet in many schools, the ones most actively reaching out to them are the military recruiters. The NYC City Department of Education continually refuses to take responsibility for protecting its students. There are regular reports of recruiters in classrooms, of wholesale violations of student and parent privacy rights, and a lack of a full range of career opportunities for NYC students.
Join us as elected officials, advocates, and youth experts examine the problem of unrestricted military recruitment, the availability of meaningful alternatives to military service and the effect of unbridled recruitment on the lives of New York City youth.
Tuesday, May 13 - 6:00pm
El Faro, Harlem United – 179 116th St. (Lexington & 3rd)
6 Train to 116 st.
Speakers include:
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
City Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito
NYCLU Director Donna Lieberman
Ya-Ya Network Youth Activist Juan Antigua
Refreshments will be served. Free & Open to the Public
RSVP: 212.669.4462 | events@manhattanbp.org
Be a part of this powerful evening focusing on ensuring student opportunities, protecting students' educational rights, and holding the NYC Department of Education accountable.
Sponsored by: State Senator José M. Serrano, Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito and the Students or Soldiers? Coalition
Spanish Flyer
English Flyer
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1968 Revisited: Ocean Hill Brownsville and
Community Control of Schools
APRIL 10
7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
The Brecht Forum 451 West Street (Between Bank and Bethune) 212-242-4201
A Panel Discussion with Sally Lee, Roberta Harris, Jitu Weusi, Edwin Mayogra and Stanley Aronowitz
Co-Sponsored by The Brecht Forum, NYCoRE
In 1968, Ocean Hill-Brownsville Brooklyn was the site of an experiment that gave local communities control of their public schools. The controversy sparked from this movement still resonates throughout the city. This panel discussion will explore the political moment that gave rise to the community control experiment and will attempt to compare it to today's context. How are NYC communities responding to the current mayoral control of our public schools? How do these contrasting forms of school governance impact classroom teaching and learning?
Sliding Scale $6-15 No One Turned Away
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2008 Creating Balance in an Unjust World
Conference on Math Education and
Social Justice.
Friday, April 4th - Sunday, April 6th.
For more: Click Here
Location
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
1 University Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Conference Overview
Join educators, parents, students, activists, and community members from around the country for the 2008 Creating Balance in an Unjust World conference on math education and social justice. In April 2007 over 500 educators and students from 28 states attended the first 'Creating Balance' conference. Through workshops, panels, Keynote speakers, networking sessions, Action Groups, local chapter meetings, school visits, and more, 2008 conference participants will explore questions, challenges, and opportunities to work for social and economic justice through mathematics and math education.
