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Education Destination
Transform America is currently focusing on bettering education in New York City. Each objective has specific, measurable goals that will make an impact in the lives of the youth. Through these programs, we strive to encourage empowerment and critical thinking.
Transform Education in New York City by helping in one of the following areas:
- 1. Youth Councils:
- Create 25 new citywide Youth Councils to educate youth about local, state and federal politics, social justice issues and community empowerment.
- 2. Mentorship Program:
- Provide 100 academic mentors to guide and motivate high school students to graduate and continue on to higher education. Become a Mentor
- 3. Mission Statement for NYC’s DOE:
- Develop and suggest a mission statement for the New York City Dept. of Education. Give us your input and learn more.
- 4. Scholarships:
- Raise $150,000 to create 15 new scholarship funds for local youth and pressure colleges & universities to increase financial aid.
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Recent Events
Annual Alliance Conference: Understanding the Issues: A Conference to Transform Education in NYC.
- Purpose
- To learn about and develop solutions for the problems plaguing urban education; To recruit 100 mentors for high school students; and, To raise money for college scholarships.
- Time
- March 7th, 2009 10:00 AM through 7:00 PM
- Location
- 60 Washington Square South
New York University's Kimmel Center for University Life
Time for some, time for some, time for some...
Posted October 21st, 2009 by Chester Asher
I hope to see you today at 6:30, at Society Cafe (114th & 8th). Bring your calendars. There's a lot of doing to be done. We'll be making plans to,
-Street Team
-Recruit Campus organizers
-Present Youth Councils to Community Boards
-Recruit youth at schools
-Recruit mentors
Later...
Posted October 20th, 2009 by Chester Asher
There will never be an "easier" time to make change. There will never be a time when it is "more comfortable" to engage in the process. It is not an act of convenience. You will always have a choice, a hard choice, between missing an event, a night out, a day at work, a class or sleep; and working to make change. Change won't fit neatly into your schedule between your eleven O'clock class and your two O'clock part time. It won't wait for you to finish studying. It wont suddenly appear when you have a white picket fence, two point five kids, and a dog named Bo. If that's what you're looking for, you may be on the wrong website. Change may come slow...
Change may not come at all. But we work for it as if we expect it with the rising of the sun. And for all our successes or failures, ours will be a beautiful struggle. A struggle with earnest, tenacity, and love.
