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 This trip was an exciting opportunity for the NYC CYFAR CITY team leaders at Henry Street and the Wynn Center Police Athletic League to travel to their state capitol. There were four meetings scheduled with Senator Martin Connor (Brooklyn, LES), Assemblyman Sheldon Silver (LES) / Legislative Coordinator Don Robins (LES), Senator Velmanette Montgomery (Brooklyn), and Assemblywoman [...]

March 23rd, 2007, the team leaders at Henry Street got to celebrate with their family and friends. Thirty three family members filled the SWID room at Henry Street for an informative talk given by the team leaders and their first of several introductions to the local community. This event was fun-filled with the primary goal [...]

On February 20th, 2007, the Brooklyn team leaders met the Lower East Side team leaders for the very first time. They bonded over a nutritious lunch and a viewing of Gridiron Gang.  After the movie, they discussed the major themes and which ones they would like to tackle as a team in a community service [...]

Lucinda Randolph-Benjamin helps the CITY team leaders thoughtfully prepare their presentations by giving them images to describe. Then they are asked to relate the lessons they learned in order to deliver better presentations.

On Friday the 13th of April, the first face-to-face meeting of the entire CYFAR CITY project team, which includes members from Broome County and NYC took place. The team leaders from Binghamton toured Channel Thirteen during the day and then met their counterparts after their classes ended. Eduardo Gonzalez, NYS Diversity Specialist facilitated some team building activities [...]

Senator Velmanette Montgomery sponsored a youth testimony in Brooklyn that coincided with the end of the budget year to obtain community input on their plan for Brooklyn. Four CITY team leaders participated and shared their commuity concerns. This public presentation was a great way to introduce the program to elected officials and to get the [...]

Councilmember Alan Gerson invited HSS CITY team leaders to attend a focus group on middle schools. The Middle School Task Force held a community forum for parents, advocates, school administrators, principals, and youth to voice their concerns about helping to strengthen the capacity of middle schools or phasing middle schools out. As a result, two [...]

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Friday, March 9, 2007, Councilman Albert Vann of the 36th Council District sponsored the celebration.  Our dear community partners at the Wynn Center Police Athletic League invited CYFAR CITY Project Coordinator; Jamila Simon to attend with Diane Shirley. We were in for a delightful program at Boys and Girls High School as we were seranaded by [...]

On April 13th, both groups from Broome County traveled by bus to NYC to take a tour of Channel 13 News. While we were there, we learned all about editing, producing, & broadcasting. Public broadcasting is important to communities because it provides educational programming and is usually free to viewers as is it not on [...]