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UFT Green Schools Meeting Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Submitted on October 19, 2009 - 18:37 by mathjosi

Join us on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 for the
UFT Green Schools Committee monthly General Meeting

Co-chairs: Coquille Houshour & Micki Josi

Agenda:
4:30-5:00    School Recycling Presentation
by Mary Most of the New York City Department of Sanitation
                     
5:00-6:00    General Meeting
Guest Speaker from NYRP’s (New York Restoration Project) New Outdoor Learning Center & Environmental Education Programs
Announcements, Q + A & Networking

6:00-7:00    Subcommittee Breakout Sessions
Subcommittees plan and execute themed events. If you’re interested in joining one of the subcommittees, please attend the breakout session (we’re also looking chairs).
 
Recycling and Waste Chairs:  Shannon Buckley-Shaklee and Juliana Germak
Compost and Gardening Chair: Alison Croney
School Food Chair: TBD
SOS (Styrofoam Out of Schools) Chair: Debby Lee Cohen
Environmental Education Chair:  TBD
Sustainable Energy Chair:  TBD

Where:    UFT
52 Broadway, New York, NY 10004
212.598.7772

Please RSVP: uftgreenschools@uft.org

Mark your calendar and join us for all our monthly meetings: 10/20/09, 11/17/09, 12/15/09, 1/19/10, 2/23/10, 3/16/10, 4/22/10, 5/18/10, 6/15/10

The UFT Green Schools Committee was established to help realize successful school recycling programs in all NYC schools. Join our Leadership Team to envision school sustainability.   

Find out more about our Committee and other professional committees at http://www.uft.org/member/committees/

Officers:  Michael Mulgrew President, Michael Mendel Secretary, Mel Aaronson Treasurer, Robert Astrowsky Assistant Secretary, Mona Romain Assistant Treasurer, Vice Presidents:  Karen Alford, Carmen Alvarez, Leo Casey, Richard Farkas, Aminda Gentile, Sterling Roberson

OPEIU:  153

AMAZING SOUTH BRONX YOUTH VIDEO

Submitted on October 1, 2009 - 21:48 by mathjosi

Greetings!

 
Please watch the you tube video link below featuring amazing South Bronx Youth helping to feed 400 families daily while cultivating minds and harvesting hope and awareness across the Bronx.  This program was initially started with 17 students who had 40% daily attendance and in the process, achieved 93% daily attendance and 100% graduation rates and has taken off across the Borough and NYC.  Please help us celebrate and validate the ability to move youth from being "apart from" everything to becoming "a part of" the local solution!
 
Please feel free to forward/post/imbed the video to any and all sites/pages/spaces so we can spread awareness and create coalition.  For those of you who tweet on Twitter, please pass on as well.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgGL6mz3dBY
 
To learn more about the Bronx teacher involved, see the link below and write to getinvolvednyc@gmail.com
 
http://www.bronx.com/news/local/515.html
 
Watch for news about our amazing live, star studded event on Saturday afternoon and evening, November 14, 2009 at The Point Community Development Center - 940 Garrison Avenue - Village of Hunts Point, South Bronx NYC.
 
Thanks kindly,
 
Stephen Ritz
917 873 6449