Many thanks to our religious, racial, and gender hate crimes panel: Gale Brewer, Rabbi Kalmanofsky, Dr. Pezzella, Mark Levine, Donivan Barton, Dr. Canton, Daniel Coles, Danny Salim, and Danielle Zipkin. Also thanks NYPD 24th Precinct NYPD 20th Precinct Alvin Bragg on hand to support the event.

Why wait on progress when we can progress NOW! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikgh4J…

Bonne fete de la chandeleur...

Wow!! Just...wow! But at least other people in the crowd recognized how egregious and racist the comment was. That being said...WOW!! x.com/jackmonell/sta…

Can we look at school district's as communities? Communities support each other. NYC Public Schools sorts/clusters according to socio-economic advantages. Then folks deflect when some schools have more $ than others. Might CEC3 play a role in advancing a fairer system? Can u do it?

Unpacking the legacy of stop-and-frisk in New York under Mike Bloomberg. #BetweenTheScenes

2018/19 15 of 32 D3 PTAs contrib'd @ $3MM to school Galaxy bdgts. Nearly $600K as pvt grants typically from "friends of" entities. Many PTAs pay more off Galaxy. There are 17 D3 schools whose PTAs don't make/report these contribs. How is CEC3 addressing this equity issue?

"More often, a meandering and unexpected path is what leads to success."

ICYMI... we won! Join us tomorrow (Monday 2/17) for a rally with BP Gale A. Brewer celebrating our victory against the gerrymandered zoning lot at 200 Amsterdam Avenue. Northeast corner of Amsterdam and 69th at 11AM. See you there!

"In addition to forcibly evacuating 120,000 Americans of Japanese background from their homes...EO 9066 called for compulsory relocation of more than 10,000 Italian-Americans and restricted movements of more than 600,000 Italian-Americans nationwide." smithsonianmag.com/history/italia…

Last night's Manhattan Community Board 7 meeting SDAG member @Estuaryqueen amplified need for communities to demand NY Assembly Majority NYS Senate Democrats create commission to address changing Mayoral Control w/ genuine accountability. Seems only folks pro Mayoral control are Bill de Blasio Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos

Feeling hopeful after tonight's CEC3 Equity mtg that conversation is shifting from academic acceleration to resource allocation and understanding what each @NycDistrict3 school actually needs. The disproportionate clustering impacts student's lives throughout D3 community

To Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo Mayor Eric Adams NYC Public Schools "We are writing to ask you to close our schools, support the members of the community who rely on the services our school provides, and establish remote learning so that our community can mitigate the risk we are facing." Christine Loughlin

Italians under a nationwide coronavirus lockdown have been showing community spirit by sharing music and song from their apartment balconies. A trumpeter in the Sicilian city of Trapani recently joined in with a rendition of John Lennon’s 'Imagine'. #coronavirusitaly

During today's briefing Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo directed us to make Sunday Italian dinner. At least that's the way I heard it.

Did you know: every year 5 SEE members serve as official Quality Review shadows? This year they presented recommendations for facilitating student conversations and suggested Q's to better assess youth voice and equity. Thank you, QR team, for real youth-adult partnership!

"Arbeit macht frei" was a false, cynical illusion the SS gave to prisoners of #Auschwitz. Those words became one of the icons of human hatred. It's painful to see this symbol instrumentalized & used again to spread hate. It's a symptom of moral & intellectual degeneration.

"The act of simply going into our schools and using a youth-created survey to raise and value the voices of youth became one of the purest forms of youth activism."

Stuyvesant students say the crushing workload is hurting their mental health. Here’s what they’re doing about it. ckbe.at/3rI8WM1

Join D3 parents this week for CEC3 candidate forums! Kristen Berger Dennis Morgan Mike McCarthy Lucas Liu Courtney Clark Joe Fiordaliso Chris Giordano Julian Giordano Mark Diller - tag others -w/ 60 candidates, we need lots of input!! learndoe.org/cec/candidatef…