CANCELLED: Membership Meeting Tonight - Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Coalition to Save Harlem Membership Meeting scheduled for tonight, Tuesday, October 27, 2009 is cancelled.

Event: It's All About You - Summer 2009 - Harlem Youth Gathering

Event: It's All About You - Summer 2009 - Harlem Youth Gathering

Time: 11 AM to 3 PM
Day: Saturday, June 27, 2009

Flyer can be downloaded from the CSH Flyer Depot here.

Location:
Harriet Tubman School (PS 154)
250 W 127th Street
New York, NY 10027

Description:
The "Event: It's All About You - Summer 2009 - Harlem Youth Gathering" is a Youth Centered informational and educational event for Harlem Youth. The day's events will focus on providing Resources, a Job Fair and providing information about their Rights (when stopped by the police, information of school record, etc.).

Because a major goal of the event is to make it as youth centered as possible, there will be opportunities for youth who are positively impacting the Harlem community to share their experiences and organization's literature with those youth who are searching for ways to also perform positive actions in the community that lead to a better education, a sense of social responsibility and the development of effective leadership skills.

There will be sessions where the Youth will be able to do "hands on" conflict resolution, learn about alternatives to incarceration, and "green" jobs.

There will be information available on the Building Trades, Registering to Vote, Housing Rights and Legal Services.

Contact:
Email: HarlemYouthGathering@gmail.com
Telephone: 718-512-8690

Sponsor:
Coalition to Save Harlem [CSH]
Lincolnton Station | P.O. box 737 | New York, NY 10037
Telephone: 718-512-8690 | Fax: 718-670-3230

NYS Mayoral Control Hearings (Manhattan) 2/6/09: S.E.E.D.S. Testimony

Submitted by A-kM

The attached testimony was placed into the record (along with my transcripted extemporaneous presentation). As in the Queens hearings, Bloomberg's mayoral control "support" and/or "tweak" forces were out in large numbers and Klein, Wolcott & Co. spoke and responded for the first 2.5 hours. A significant part of Bloombergs forces are Black Charter School Parents & students. This was just like during the term limit hearings. At most, they represent about 5% of the Black & Latina/o public school student population. Campaign for Better Schools, Geoff Canada and Hazel Dukes, had "Democracy Academy" youth in tow, as they gave long and strong support to "keeping" or to "tweaking". However, one especially critical thinking Democ. Acad. student countered his schoolmates with convincing testimony in opposition to mayoral control. Yesterday the supporters of MC were about 95% of the vocal, organized presence. Many in opposition were later arriving and never got in. Those of us in opposition to MC must have a much larger / stronger showing in the hearings in the Bronx (3/13, Lehman College) and Brooklyn (3/20, NYC Tech); and beyond. Therefore our day-to-day ORGANIZING must improve.

There are huge numbers of our students and Black and Latina/o parents whose interests and voices must be placed "on centerstage". We have work to do with parents, students and legislators.

We have two "seminars" on opposition to mayoral control in Albany in 1 week, Saturday, 2/14. We need both "newer" and veteran activist parents and students joining us on that lobbying effort. More importantly, as we build / expand our two coalitions in opposition to Mayoral Control to 100 groups, we must also engage and recruit prospective parents, students, and community folk to join us in getting organized.

Download Testimony Here!

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