ADVISORY: OVER 15,000 PARENTS, STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS EXPECTED TO RALLY ON WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7 TO DEMAND END TO SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL EDUCATION IN NEW YORK CITY
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. Headlines City Hall Press Conference Following Brooklyn Bridge March
Jennifer Hudson, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and Aloe Blacc Will Perform and Stand with Parents Fighting for Immediate Access to Excellent Schools
Rally in Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn: 9 AM
Press Conference at City Hall Steps: 11:45 AM
New York, NY – Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will lead a press conference on Wednesday morning on the steps of City Hall to call for an end to New York City’s Tale of Two School Systems, Families for Excellent Schools announced on Monday. The press conference will follow the “Stand for School Equality” rally in the morning featuring performances from Jennifer Hudson, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and Aloe Blacc. With 15,000 parents, students, and educators at Cadman Plaza, Wednesday’s rally to end educational inequality in New York City–rescheduled from September 30 after reports of lightning–is expected to have as many, if not more, in attendance.
WHO:
15,000 Parents, Students, and Educators
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.
NYC Coalition for Community Charter Schools
Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award Winner Jennifer Hudson
Grammy Award Winning DJ and Producer DJ Jazzy Jeff
Grammy Nominated Aloe Blacc
WHAT:
Stand for School Equality Rally to End the “Tale of Two School Systems” in New York City
WHEN:
RALLY (Cadman Plaza): 9:00 AM, Wednesday, October 7, 2015
POST-RALLY PRESS CONFERENCE with Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. (New York City Hall Steps): 11:45 AM, Wednesday, October 7, 2015
WHERE:
Rally:
Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn
between Bronx Queens Expressway and Tillary St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Press Conference:
New York City Hall Steps
250 Broadway, New York, NY 10007
PRESS ENTRANCE:
RALLY:
200 Cadman Plaza West
This Wednesday‘ rally follows the release of Families for Excellent Schools’ white paper, “A Tale of Two School Systems,“ in August, which found that black and Hispanic students are confined to a second-class system of the city’s worst performing schools. Some 478,000 children – overwhelmingly Black and Hispanic students – attend failing schools, while top-rated schools are reserved almost exclusively for white and Asian students.
Parents will call on Mayor de Blasio to honor his campaign promise to end inequality and provide families of color with excellent school options immediately. Currently, only one in five Black or Hispanic students can read or write at grade level, and more than 200,000 Black and Hispanic students could not meet academic standards on this year’s state exams.
Families for Excellent Schools harnesses the power of families to advance policy and political changes that create and sustain excellent schools.
http://www.FamiliesForExcellentSchools.org
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