Posted on 01 February 2010. Tags: brooklyn, budget cuts, economics, Events, metrocard, MTA, new york city, protest, schools, sunset park
Photo taken by EyOne
In December, the Metropolitan Transpiration Agency passed controversial budget cuts which would, among other things, discontinue a program that provides free MetroCards for over half a million students in New York City. Under the current plan, students would begin to pay half price for rides this September, and full price fares at the start of the 2011 school year. The Urban Youth Collaborative opposes the cuts, and says eliminating the cards will affect students’ ability to attend school.
The group, sponsored in part by Sunset Park’s UPROSE, will hold a protest at MTA headquarters tomorrow, February 1 at 12:30 pm.
Here is the information sent in an email this weekend:
Location: 347 Madison Ave, between E 44th st and 45th st
Time: 12.30 pm
Train Directions: 4.5.6.. line to 42ND St Grand Central
B.D.F.V to 47-50th st Rockefeller Center
WE ARE STANDING UP AND SAYING WE WONT TAKE IT ANY MORE !
A COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS/ STUDENTS/ PARENTS/ MTA WORKERS/ TEACHERS
& FACULTY MEMBERS /CONCERNED CITIZENS ARE JOINING TO FIGHT AGAINST THE
MTA CUT OF STUDENT METRO CARDS.
SPONSORS
URBAN YOUTH COLLABORATIVE/ UPROSE/ DRUM/ YOM/ MTRNY/ YACT/ SAYA/
YAYA NETWORK/ FOT
WE REALLY WANT YOU TO COME OUT & ACT TO MAKE A CHANGE!
If you have an organization or affiliate interested in participating,
please contact us ASAP!
Urban Youth Collaborative.
If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact the event
administrators via facebook:
Khaair Morrison, email:khaairmorrison@aol.com
Sharmin Hossain, email: sharmin.hossain@hotmail.com
Feel Free to email us or message us via facebook.
Posted in Events, Politics, education
Posted on 29 January 2010. Tags: brooklyn, Community Board 7, education, enter for Family Life, Fifth Avenue Committee and Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, GED, Lutheran Family Health Centers, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow, randy peers, Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation and Turning Point, sunset park, sunset park alliance for youth, training programs
Sunset Park Alliance for Youth will roll out a program to help young people earn their GED and find a job.
The “S.P.I.N” program offers computer training, resume writing help, job placement assistance, GED referrals and an opportunity to gain academic skills. The Alliance’s program is geared towards people between the ages of 16–24 and not in school.
Sunset Park Alliance, headed up by former Community Board 7 Chair Randy Peers, is made up of six community-based agencies–Center for Family Life, Fifth Avenue Committee and Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, Lutheran Family Health Centers, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow, Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation and Turning Point. They together serve over one thousand young adults in the community, according to a press release by the Sunset Park Alliance.
Interested? You can find out more or RSVP to: info@sunsetparkalliance.org or 718-788-2305
Orientation is Thursday, Feb. 11, groups start on Wednesday, February 17th
Sunset Park Alliance for Youth, 783 4th Avenue (at 27th Street)
Posted in Events, education
