Education Roundtable

SEPT. 19, 2017

After being featured in the New York Times for our April kick-off event, we returned with an evening of unforgettable student testimony at the historic Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. After the opening performances, politicians and school officials joined the students on stage for a candid conversation about the most pressing issues in the New York City public school system.

Adult panelists included:

• NY State Assemblyman Michael Blake

• NY State Assemblywoman Carmen De La Rosa

• NYC Department of Education Chief Operating Officer Ursulina Ramirez

• City Council Member Brad Lander

• Young Men's Initiative Executive Director Cyrus Garrett

• District 8 Superintendent Karen Ames

Official Sponsors and Partners: The Bell, Education Reform Now, JMD Foundation, Handwritten, New York City Education Council Consortium, Organizing for Action, New York, YVote, Alliance for School Integration and Desegregation