[YEP-DC] Parent Power: A Film & Panel Discussion on Education Organizing at the Capitol

Would love to have YEP members join us! 

Reminder: Register Today!     Wednesday, May 9, 2012   2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.  Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, DC  South Meeting Room Click here to register now if you haven't already Hosted by the Center for Education Organizing at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform with introductory remarks by Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-11) and Congresswoman Karen Bass (CA-33).      Join us to launch a national dialogue around the power and impact of parents and teachers working together in their communities to demand, support, and sustain genuine education reform in underserved schools. Introductory remarks by the hosts will be followed by an excerpt of the film "Parent Power: Education Organizing in New York City," which tells the inspiring story of a group of parents who successfully organized to improve their schools.     A panel discussion, led by moderator and Annenberg Institute for School Reform Executive Director Dr. Warren Simmons, will follow.     Panelists include: Zakiyah Ansari, Advocacy Director, Alliance for Quality Education Ocynthia Williams, Parent Leader, NYC Coalition for Educational Justice Richard Gray, Jr., Director,Community Organizing and Engagement, National Center for Education Organizing About the Film: In 1995, a small group of parents in the south Bronx discovered that only 17 percent of their elementary school children were reading at grade level. Their determined campaign to bring high-quality education to their neighborhood, one of the poorest in the nation, evolved into a citywide effort that has united thousands of parents from African American and Latino communities in all five boroughs. Together with teachers, students, and community members, they are working to improve the future of New York City's children. Parent Power is their story.  Register Today!   To learn more about the impact and potential of parent organizing and community partnership for education reform, follow us on Facebook.

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