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Our District 39 Councilmember Brad Lander and District 38 CM Carlos Menchaca are co-sponsoring this important event tonight:

Confronting School Segregation & Increasing Diversity in District 15TONIGHT, Thursday, June 5, 2014, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
John Jay Educational Campus: 237 7th Avenue (between 4th & 5th Streets), Brooklyn Moderated by Mark Winston-Griffith from the Brooklyn Movement Center
Special guest, Nikole Hannah-Jones from ProPublica 
Co-sponsored by: Council Members Brad Lander & Carlos MenchacaDistrict 15 Community Education CouncilRSVP: http://bradlander.nationbuilder.com/school_diversityAt the forum, we will learn and talk about:
Why we value diverse public schools The current state of school segregation in NYC and District 15 Innovative efforts in other NYC districts to develop policies that combat segregation District 15 schools that strive to achieve diversity, including the Brooklyn New School, Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies, the Brooklyn Children’s School, PS 133, PS 15 (newly a magnet school), Brooklyn Prospect Charter and Park Slope Collegiate. Ideas for next steps toward more integrated & inclusive schools A worthy conversation and effort.