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Appleseed’s Within Our Reach briefing updated for 2020!

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,

Nyah Berg July 16, 2020July 17, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

Appleseed Network Applauds Supreme Court Decision Upholding DACA

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

Nyah Berg June 20, 2020June 20, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

Appleseed Network Response to the Murder of George Floyd and the Ongoing Fight Against Systemic Racial Injustice

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

Nyah Berg June 5, 2020June 11, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

Guidance on New York City’s Screened High Schools During COVID-19

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

Nyah Berg May 12, 2020June 9, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

Join us on May 18 for a Town Hall on the state of School Integration in NYC!

Join us on May 18 for a Town Hall on the state of School Integration in NYC!

On the 66th anniversary of Brown vs Board of Education, we will be co-hosting a town hall about the current state of school integration in New York City. Join us at 6pm on Monday, May 18 to learn how you

Nyah Berg May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

Read Nyah Berg’s op-ed about the District 28 integration process

Read Nyah Berg’s op-ed about the District 28 integration process

Nyah Berg writes in the Daily News on the District 28 community-engagement process: “This is a moment for engagement, not obstruction.” Click here to read the whole article. Sign up here for New York Appleseed’s newsletters to get more information.

Nyah Berg March 16, 2020December 23, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

New advocacy briefing on Fair Student Funding

New advocacy briefing on Fair Student Funding

To contribute to public understanding of how Fair Student Funding affects schools in New York City, Appleseed released a new briefing explaining the program’s history and mechanics. In chorus with other advocates, Appleseed calls for elimination of the formula’s unwarranted

Nyah Berg March 13, 2020March 27, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

Read Appleseed’s comments on the Where We Live NYC draft report

Read Appleseed’s comments on the Where We Live NYC draft report

Appleseed submitted comments on the City’s new Where We Live NYC draft report today. As we write in the opening paragraph: “The Draft AI fails to rise to the challenge it sets for itself, and, in fact, requires substantial revision

Nyah Berg March 6, 2020April 3, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

#MondayMyth from 1/6/20

#MondayMyth from 1/6/20

#Mondaymyth: DOE’s integration plans remove children from “their home and community.” Reality: This is a myth from the opposition rather than from within the integration movement, but is still remarkably prevalent. The reality is that NYC divides the city into

Nyah Berg January 6, 2020March 6, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

Appleseed’s Year in Review

Appleseed’s Year in Review

2019 was another momentous year for New York Appleseed. Read about our accomplishments and activities here.

Nyah Berg December 19, 2019February 11, 2020 Uncategorized Read more
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