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Leave your thoughtsAs the Supreme Court took up the case, I spoke against Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, SB1070, at a Capitol Hill press…
Category: Youth & School Programs
Bushwick Community High School Gave Students a Second Chance – and students returned the favor!
Leave your thoughtsLast week, in a major youth-led victory, students at Bushwick Community High School (BCHS) successfully stood up for their school and…
Protesters Rally To Save Bushwick Community High School
Leave your thoughtsParents, teachers and students protested in Brooklyn on Wednesday the city’s decision to close Bushwick Community High School, saying the…
Bushwick Community High School Gives Students a Second Chance – But Will the DOE?
Leave your thoughtsNYC high school students are in trouble. Because of the Department of Education’s misguided approach to school evaluation, older high…
Student Success Center Internship Postings
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More than 1200 Latino and African-American Students and Workers March over the Brooklyn Bridge Calling for an End to Discriminatory Policing in NYC
Leave your thoughtsNew York, New York – October 12, 2011 – Over 1200 immigrant workers and students marched over the Brooklyn Bridge…
More than 1200 Latino and African-American Students and Workers to March over the Brooklyn Bridge Calling for an End to Discriminatory Policing in NYC
Leave your thoughtsWHAT: The ineffective and costly NYPD tactic of Stop, Question, Frisk has been aggressively expanded in recent years, and communities…
Youth Power focuses on Fair Policing
Leave your thoughtsMRNY Youth create the museum display. Opening this fall, the Youth Power Project’s “Stop, Question and Frisk” museum exhibit is…
Too Crowded to Learn – Queens Schools Continue to Face Chronic Overcrowding Conditions – MAY 2011
Leave your thoughtsStudents Win Passage of Historic Legislation Promoting Transparency on School Discipline and Policing
Leave your thoughtsMRNY youth leader Jaritza Geigel speaks at a press conference Thursday with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Council Members…