Power of Ten Update
In This Issue:
1. Martin Luther King Center Gala
2. Rockland Citizens Action Network
3. How Schools Are Responding to Migrant Children
1) Martin Luther King Center Gala
Enjoy an evening music, dancing, delicious food and wonderful fellowship, while celebrating those who work to bring Dr. King’s dream of a Beloved Community to life for us.
Sunday, April 14th, 2019 From 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at The Clubhouse at Patriot Hills.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS OR MAKE A DONATION
The 2019 Honorees are…
Larry Beckerle, CEO, Beckerle Lumber
Goldie W. Bryant, Scientist, Martin Luther King Multi-Purpose Center Patron
Oswaldo Carrera, Manager/CEO, Food Fair Spring Valley
Oscar Cohen, Educator, Education Chairperson, Nyack and Spring Valley NAACP Branches
Doria Hillsman, Science Educator, Spring Valley High School, Secretary, Nyack NAACP Branch
Sabrina Hosang-Jordan, CEO, Caribbean Food Delights
Pierre Oscar, Polemarch, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.
Vivian Street, Former New York State Administrator, Trustee Finkelstein Library, Executive Board, Spring Valley NAACP
2) Rockland Citizens Action Network
Come hear from our school board candidates who will be guest speakers at the Rockland CAN monthly meeting at the Finklestein Library.
Thursday, April 18 from 6:45 to 8:45
Finkelstein Memorial Library, 24 Chestnut Street, Spring Valley
Eric Goodwin and Ashley Leveille are East Ramapo parents who are very well qualified want to serve our community.
Learn more about them and their campaign at: https://eastramapotogether.wordpress.com/
Right now they need help with petitioning, please see: https://eastramapotogether.wordpress.com/petitions/ for info on how to help.
3) How Schools Are Responding to Migrant Children
There is an excellent article in Education Week about the challenges faced by migrant children entering schools in their new neighborhood.
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/04/10/how-schools-are-responding-to-migrant-children.html
There are many migrant children in East Ramapo, and they are one of the three groups that Power of Ten has highlighted as particularly vulnerable.
I strongly recommend that EVERY Power of Ten reader read the ENTIRE Education Week article, and then read it again. It gets right to the heart of the challenges faced by an increasing number of our students, and the responsibilities we all have to them.