Re: This week in SBU updated SO REREAD IT!

[Shaun Lin]

January 17th to January 23

Monday, Jan. 17

- "Reclaiming the Dream: The Revolutionary Martin Luther King" film screenings, 2-4 pm at the Brecht Forum, 451 West Street between Bank and Bethune 

- UYC LT Meeting, not sure of time or place (Adolfo & Yoshi)

Tuesday, Jan. 18

- LGJ Meeting, 4-5 pm at the office (Tiffany, Adama & LGJ Students)

- SBU Retreat Planning, 5-7 pm at the office (SBU Core)

- Adolfo & Samantha, coaching sessions at 3 and 4 pm respectively

Wednesday, Jan. 19

- Gompers Meeting, 4:45-6 pm (Miguel, Chris, Dalcean, Dijon, Elliot, Fernando, Jaritza, Jayluis, Jorky)

- UYC/DSC Meeting, 5-7 pm. Leaving the SBU office at 4 pm. (Adolfo, Diana, Jay, Kimberly, Troy, Samantha, Yoshi, Maria, Shaun, Tiffany)

- Dijon, 1-on-1 with Shaun at 3 pm.

Thursday, Jan. 20

- Columbus School Closing Hearing, 6 pm. Leaving the SBU office at 4:30 pm. (Everyone!)

Friday, Jan. 21

- SBU General Body Meeting, 5-7 pm. Student testimony prep (Everyone)

Saturday, Jan. 22 - Sunday, Jan 23

- AEJ Regional Convening in Boston. (will follow up with meeting time/place)

This week in the NEWS (North East West South)

Education:

Leaked NYC DOE Documents Reveal Plans for Charter Schools Sites (NY Times)

Harlem Success Academy Seeks to Expand to Brooklyn (NY1)

Jamaica HS Play Critical of DOE and Klein Will Go On After All (NY Daily News)

Half of Detroit Public Schools May Close (GOOD)

Michelle Rhee Goes National With School Reform Platform (RaceWire)

Cathie Black Got Jokes: Solution to Overcrowded Schools? More Birth Control (NY TImes blog)

Will Obama Rewrite 'No Child Left Behind' in 2011? (RaceWire)

Republican-backed North Carolina School Board Abolishes Integration Policy (Washington Post)

Immigration:

California Reintroduces Its Own DREAM Act (RaceWire)

Virginia Considers Blocking Undocumented Students From College (RaceWire)

Environment, Food & Health:

5 Years After Katrina, Teacher Tills Soil of Lower 9th Ward (OSBG featured in the NY TImes)

Unilver President Warns of Crisis in Global Food Shortage (The Telegraph, UK)

Police Accountability:

Naked, Unarmed Man Shot and Killed by LAPD (The Root)

Global:

Protests in Tunisia over Food Prices and Unemployment Have Turned Into Broad Social Unrest, Troops Sent In (Al Jazeera)

Dalai Lama: "I Am a Marxist" (NDTV)

Race & Society:

The N-word was taken out of a printing of Mark Twain's classic novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Sparking Great Dialogue on Race and How We Discuss Race as a Nation (RaceWire and Student Activism)

Lastly, yesterday (January 15) marked what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.'s 82nd birthday. He will forever be remembered for his historic role in the Civil Rights Movement. But today, I'm appreciating his revolutionary leadership in opposition of the Vietnam War and in support the Poor People's Campaign. "I Have Been to the Mountaintop" is King's last speech before he was assassinated in Memphis. (Part 1 and Part 2)

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Samantha Velez <samant...@yahoo.com> wrote:

January 10th - January 16th

Monday January 10th

-UYC OC and School Captain Meeting at Trinity Church 5-7pm [leaving SBU office at 3:435] (Adolfo, Diana, Jay, Kimberly, Taffy, Troy, Yoshi, Angie, Jorky, Dijon, Columbus, and Kennedy)

Tuesday January 11th

- SBU retreat Planning Committee meeting at the office 1:30-4:30 (Adama, Kimberly, Dahiana, Smeezy, Manny)

-NWB Leadership Council at the concourse house 6:30-8 (Miguel, Smeezy, Kimberly, Angie)

-Prep for LGJ Meeting at 2:30 (Shuan, Adama)

-Schools Closing Meeting 1pm (JFK, Douglas, Lehman)

Wednesday January 12th

-LGJ Meeting at sbu 2:30-3:30 (Adama and LGJ Students)

-Roosevelt Meeting ayt sbu 4-6 (Angie, Taffy, and Roosevelt Students)

-AEJ Boston prep at sbu 6-8 (Angie, Adolfo, Kimberly, Miguel, Yoshi)

Thursday January 13th

- Living wage action in Harlem 6:30-8 [meeting at sbu and leaving at 5]

- Morris Meeting 9-1pm (Maria, Smeezy)

Friday January 14th

- SBU General Body [planning for schools closing] 4:30-6:30

- New Day Open Mic 7-9 pm

* Folks that signed up for coaching session or 1 on 1 with Shaun, DONT STAND HIM UP! 

( He'll eat you if do ! )

Jorky and Dijon - How's preparing for that assembly going?

Adolfo - LT stuff?

Adama - Shaun won't be in the office until 6 pm on Tuesday. Can you prep then?

Taffy - that was meant to say your name, not Tiffany's, for the Roosevelt meeting on Wed.

CopWatch Training - next SATURDAY, not friday, downtown at the Center for Constitutional Rights. I've spoken to a couple folks but not everyone about serving as SBU's first Cop Watch team. Anyone who wants to do Cop Watch patrol, needs to have been through both Know-Your-Rights and CopWatch trainings.

Links from the week:

From The New York Times:

Rift in Arizona as Latino Class Is Found Illegal

The state declared the Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican-American program illegal, even while similar programs for black, Asian and American Indian students were left untouched.

http://nyti.ms/f16sKI

Education

Understanding Charter Schools (Do they actually outperform public schools?)

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/13/understanding-charter-schools.html

The Miseducation of Charter Schools

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/06/132702152/the-root-the-mceducation-of-charter-students

Student Safety Act in the Frontlines of Revolutionary Struggle 

http://revolutionaryfrontlines.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/ny-city-activists-struggle-against-racial-profiling-in-school-suspensions/

CA Truancy Law Goes Into Effect ($100 fine for first offense, leading to incarceration for habitual truants)

http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/01/new_law_could_spell_jail_time_for_california_parents_whose_kids_miss_school.html

Local & National:

Arizona Congresswoman Shot in Critical Condition; 9 Year Old and Judge Among 4 Dead

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12144405

National Defense Spending is Much Greater Than You Think - Over $1 Trillion in 2009

http://www.independent.org/blog/index.php?p=5827

Immigration:

Tuscon Ordered to End Mexican-American Studies Program

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/us/08ethnic.html?_r=1&hp

17 Year Old Killed by Border Patrol for Allegedly Throwing Rocks

http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/01/17-year-old_killed_by_border_patrol_for_allegedly_throwing_rocks.html

Environment & Health:

Over 100,000 Fish, Over 3000 Birds Die Suddenly In Arkansas

http://capitalismisover.com/over-100000-fish-over-3000-birds-die-in-arkansas-how/

World Food Prices Enter 'Danger Area' and Will Reach Record High in 2011

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jan/05/world-food-prices-danger-record-high-un

National Geographic Video on Global Population Growth

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/01/02/global-population-approaching-7-billion/

Police & Safety:

Police Brutality in 2011: Is This How It Should Be Handled?

http://hiphopandpolitics.com/2011/01/03/police-brutality-in-2011-this-is-how-it-should-be-handled/

Race & Society:

Huckleberry Finn Minus The N-Bomb

http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/huckleberry_finn_minus_the_n_word_20110104/

And a great editorial on how we actually need to be talking about race

http://studentactivism.net/2011/01/06/the-n-word-and-white-anti-racist-pedagogy/

--
Shaun Lin
Youth Organizer
Sistas and Brothas United

103 East 196th Street
Bronx, NY 10468
office: (718) 584-0515 Ext. 244
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. - Frederick Douglass

[Shaun Lin]

Two more things:

Wednesday, Jan 19

Columbus Hearing prep - everyone that isn't at the UYC/DSC meeting should meet at the office after school to prep testimony and make signs and posters.

and Pena Rafael sent me this really good article on Kennedy:

This is another article about JFK's proposal to close.

http://www.riverdalepress.com/stories/Pols-support-closing-John-F-KennedyHS

Patches out!

[Shaun Lin]

sorry about the delay folks. i'll send out some links when i get into the office tomorrow morning..

January 24th to 30th

Monday, Jan. 24

UYC Civil Disobedience Training, 5-7 pm downtown at Trinity Church. Leaving SBU at 4. (Everyone)

Tuesday, Jan. 25

School Closing Action Planning and Prop-making, 1-4 pm at SBU office.

NWB Annual Meeting, 6:30-8:30 at TBA church in the Bronx. Leaving SBU at 6. (will send out a separate email reminder to folks tomorrow)

Wednesday, Jan. 26

"Fix Our Schools, Don't Close Them" City-Wide Action. 4:30-7 pm downtown at Tweed. Leaving SBU at 3:30 pm. (Everyone + Friends + Family + Random Strangers)

Thursday, Jan. 27

Kennedy Hearing Testimony and Prop Prep, 4-6 pm at SBU office.

Financial Aid Workshop, 6:30-8 pm at SBU office. (All seniors)

Friday, Jan. 28

Kennedy School Closing Hearing, 6-8 pm at JFK. Leaving SBU office at 5. (Everyone)

*this replaces SBU General Body Meeting for the week. 

Saturday, Jan. 29

School-to-Prison Pipeline Workshop @ Columbia University, 3:30-5:30 pm. (Alfonso, Angie, Smeezy)

Sunday, Jan. 30

Breathe. Another busy week next week!

* Adama, Miguel, whoever else - I will post a list of timeslots for coaching sessions & 1-on-1 times I have for the week tomorrow. (Thursday & Friday are looking best for me)

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Shaun Lin <sh...@northwestbronx.org> wrote:

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