This week in SBU updated. as told by Ho Chi Slim.

[Shaun Lin]

Greetings folks-

A couple edits and this time with links..

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. (Tiffany or Maria, I don't have the list, can you send folks a reminder?)

Wednesday, Jan 26
Action: Bloomberg PEP appointee hits. Meet at Annenberg at 10 am. (everyone who doesn't have Regents)

* the "Fix Our Schools, Don't Close Them" action was moved back to next Monday, Jan 31 at 4:30 pm.

"Fix Our Schools, Don't Close Them" action prep at Annenberg, 1-4 pm.

Thursday, Jan. 27

Kennedy Press Conference, Rally & Hearing prep, 1-6 pm at SBU office.

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

Friday, Jan 28
Kennedy Press Conference and Rally at 5 pm and school-closing hearing 6-8 pm. Leaving SBU at 4 pm. (Everyone!)
*this replaces SBU general body 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!

* A list of timeslots for coaching sessions & 1-on-1 times is up (for Thursday & Friday mostly).

This week's links:

Education:

Clip of Jamaica HS student play "Antigone." The 2 minute clip of the play gave me motherloving goosebumps - SO DOPE!! (Gotham Schools) 

Kathy Black met with boo's at first PEP hearing. (NY1)

Parent says concerns with Kathy Black go beyond the jokes. (Gotham Schools)

Cheat sheet on education in Obama's State of the Union address. (Education Week)
What's Joel Klein been up to? (reason.tv)

World:

What started as food protests, have turned into a revolution in Tunisia (much over facebook) right before our eyes! Folks protesting unemployment and rising food prices have driven autocratic President ben Ali to flee the country. The future of that government and economy is still up in the air. But this just shows how quickly movements can build and reach a critical mass. (LA TImes, publicradio.org)

Music & Art:

Lauryn Hill's words of love and wisdom (Race Wire)

History:

John F Kennedy made his famous inauguration address 50 years ago this week. (YouTube)

Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically-elected leader of the Congo, was assassinated 50 years ago this week. (Democracy Now) I'm bugging out that those two historic turning points happened within days of each other. 

On a personal note, this article on Chinese "tiger moms" has sparked much national debate (like here, here and here) and personal reflection for me. A bunch of us had a really good conversation on how parents of color, and Latino/a parents specifically, are similar to the tiger moms described. 

That's all. 

Patches out!

--
Shaun Lin
Youth Organizer
Sistas and Brothas United

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Education becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world. - Paolo Freire

[Shaun Lin]

greeting folks-

the PEP hits and action prep that was originally scheduled for tomorrow got moved back to Thursday. but we're not participating so just pretend it's not happening. anyone that's free tomorrow afternoon should come thru the SBU office to help us prepare signs, testimony and all that good stuff for Kennedy on Friday. 

sorry about all the changes. let me know if you have any questions or are confuzzled by anything

shaun