MEETING: Fort Greene Peace 6/8

Fort Greene Peace Meeting
Tuesday, June 8. 7:30 @ Tillies, Brooklyn, NY

Proposed Agenda:
Planning 2nd annual Pot Luck in the Park.
Plan a future community forum. (On Israel Palestine?)
Plan participation at the Fort Greene Fest (June 26) and other summer events & tabling at the Market.
Commemorating Shem Walker's murder anniversary July 11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8H3dwvbAgQ)
Plan for future work and a meeting with FUREE.

Summer on Fulton Street

There is going to be a three-block long street festival on Fulton Street every Sunday in June.

Activities include soccer games on the street (hosted by Ft. Greene Soccer), crafts, art projects and literary activities outside Green Light Bookstore, environmental displays outside Habana Outpost (worms making compost and the Fort Greene Park "BUG GUY" are scheduled to appear), community mural painting, and even a dog parade!

Plus there will be reggae and gospel concerts, chef demonstrations, author readings, comedy acts, dance parties and a tribute to Michael Jackson.

On June 6 there will be a children's clothing swap

DETAILS:


12noon—6pm, June 6, 13, 20 and 27, on Fulton Street between Lafayette Avenue and South Oxford Street, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn

For updates on the list of activities and schedules, on Facebook like "fab fulton" or visit faballiance.org
Presented by the FAB Alliance, the newly formed Fulton Street Business
Improvement District in Clinton Hill and Fort Greene

Cypress Hills Community Organizer position!

School Budget Cut Meeting

EVENT: Empowering your Child for a Challenging Future

NYC School Survey

From PACT:

The Public Advocate's PACT (Parent Advocate Coordinating Team) is taking action to make parents' voices heard! Please join us in reaching out to parents for a major citywide survey.

The Office of the Public Advocate is surveying parents of children affected by major school changes like school closure, co-location, or re-siting. Last year, the state reformed the law to make sure that there is more parent engagement in school changes.

We want to find out more about parents' experience with the school changes, how much information they received, and what kind of input they had in the decisions to close, co-locate, or move their children's schools.

Check out the survey and participate.

EVENT: Overcrowding in Brooklyn Schools

OVERCROWDING In Brooklyn Schools

What can we do?


Brooklyn Borough President

Marty Markowitz



invites you to a special briefing

for all Brooklyn CEC Members,

Community Board Education Chairs, Parents,

Concerned Citizens, and Elected Officials.



Speaker

Leonie Haimson,

Class Size Matters,

will give a presentation, followed by

discussion and an action strategy session



Thursday, May 13, 2010

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Brooklyn Borough Hall

209 Joralemon Street

Court Room



RSVP to
mkelley@brooklynbp.nyc.gov
Margaret Kelley
Education Policy Analyst
Office of the Brooklyn Borough President