The white supremacy-fueled insurrection at the United States Capitol Building last week was a horrifying reminder of the hard work we have ahead. The Appleseed Network is dedicated to dismantling racism, advancing democracy and the rule of law, and building a
Advancing Justice in a Year of Turmoil: NY Appleseed’s Year-in-Review
Read our end-of-year newsletter to learn about all that we accomplished in 2020, including Mayor Bill de Blasio’s recent decision to suspend middle-school admission screens – the culmination of over three years of strategic advocacy by Appleseed and our partners.
Appleseed Achieves Major Victory with Suspension of Middle-School “Screens”
New York Appleseed hails today’s announcement by the New York City Department of Education suspending the practice of screening young children for access to public middle schools. This decision represents the culmination of over three years of strategic advocacy by
Principal pledge against admission screens
As Mayor de Blasio continues to remain silent on the decision to change admissions for the 2021-2022 school year, students and their families have had to deal with the unnecessary added stress of worrying about how this decision may impact
Op-ed on Lefferts House by David Tipson and Kelly Bare
Appleseed’s executive director David Tipson and Kelly Bare penned an op-ed explaining how the current interpretive scheme at Lefferts Historic House Museum in the Children’s Corner of Prospect Park centers the white family that lived in the house to the
City Council Members introduce resolution to end middle school screens
On August 26, Councilmember Brad Lander, along with Councilmembers Carlina Rivera, Ritchie Torres, Inez Barron, Keith Powers, and Antonio Reynoso, announced that they would be introducing a resolution calling on the New York City Department of Education to remove exclusionary
Appleseed’s Within Our Reach briefing updated for 2020!
7/16/2020: Appleseed today released an updated 2020 edition of its groundbreaking Within Our Reach briefings on segregation in elementary schools. In 2013 Appleseed demonstrated to New York City that segregation in elementary schools was no mere reflection of neighborhood segregation,
Appleseed Network Applauds Supreme Court Decision Upholding DACA
6/19/2020 The Appleseed Network celebrates the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling on Thursday morning, June 18th, in favor of blocking the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Court found that the Trump administration’s September 2017 move to
Appleseed Network Response to the Murder of George Floyd and the Ongoing Fight Against Systemic Racial Injustice
6/5/2020 America is hurting. The unjust murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others have sparked a national movement to hold our leaders accountable for the insidious racial inequality that penetrates both consciously and unconsciously throughout American
Guidance on New York City’s Screened High Schools During COVID-19
Appleseed was proud to work with the Feerick Center for Social Justice, IntegrateNYC, Sean Corcoran (the leading scholar on New York City’s high school choice process), and the other members of a subcommittee on high-school admissions “rubrics” convened at the