We are building a powerful community determined to advocate for meaningful policies that can ensure a just and equitable school system for all our young people. 

City-Wide Youth Council on School Integration  - March 22, 2017 (RESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER!)

The upcoming council meeting is March 22nd! Students will be focused on developing their action projects. To RSVP, please go here. 

Wednesday, March 22 – 4:30-6:30pm
Centre for Social Innovation
601 W 26th Street

Teach Us All Premier and Panel at SXSWedu - March 7, 2017

The SXSWedu Conference & Festival in Austin premiered Teach Us All, a documentary showing the current state of school segregation. 

The screening was followed by a panel featuring IntegrateNYC4Me's Hebh Jamal and Sarah Camisoli as the innovative work of IntegrateNYC4Me is captured in the film.

IntegrateNYC4Me Works with DC Students- February 24, 2017

Invited by Chance Academy, IntegrateNYC4Me's Education Consultancy Intern Iman Abdul and Political Strategist Intern Frantzy Luzincourt traveled to Washington DC to facilitate a workshop about integration with students. After providing an introduction to segregation, the 4R framework, and the work of the Youth Council, the students of the homeschool collective became a Mini Youth Council for the day. They broke up into committees to research inequity in their city, including the recent UCLA report showing the increasing segregation in the city, and begun to imagine solutions. 

City-Wide Youth Council on School Integration  - Jan 18, 2017

The first meeting of 2017 was an exciting one. The City-Wide Youth Council on School Integration focused on creating dialogues in our communities. Each of the committees created a list of possible partners to take their work to the next level - mapping their power to influence policy and degree of support. Next, students designed meeting agendas to share the work of their committee with these allies around NYC. 

City-Wide Youth Council on School Integration  - Dec 21, 2016

At the last meeting of 2016, the City-Wide Youth Council on School Integration continued their committee work. In addition to the three committees based on the students' 3Rs framework of integration (Race and Enrollment, Resource Allocation, and Relationships), a fourth committee was formed. The Restorative Justice committee will be focusing on disparate impacts of disciplinary action and policy. All four committees began the process of developing Mission and Vision statements for their work.

Sparking Student Led Integration Projects- Dec 15, 2016

IntegrateNYC4Me's Educational Consultancy Intern, Iman Abdul, visited District 22 to connect directly with students and inspire them to take action toward integration. The design session was the first in a series to support students in creating their own projects that can be part of the solution to segregated and unequal schools. Iman's passion and experience leading projects as a former high school student left the young people motivated and inspired to put their visions into action. 

Sharing Youth Voice in This Moment - Dec 12, 2016

Sarah Camiscoli, Co-Founder & Co-Director of IntegrateNYC4Me, shares the importance of using this moment following the election to powerfully create space for youth leadership. On BRIC TV, Sarah gives advice to any educator or ally committed to transforming school systems and other political structures through youth action and voice.

Calling for Sanctuary Schools with CEJ - Dec 8, 2016

IntegrateNYC4Me's Political Strategist Intern, Frantzy Luzincourt, stood with members of the NYC Coalition for Educational Justice to call on the DOE to provide anti-bias training to principals, educators, staff members, and parents. With the uptick in hate crimes across the city, the proposal focuses on expanding existing efforts to do anti-bias training rapidly, broadly, and deeply to ensure our schools are prepared to serve the rich diversity of NYC students.

Learn more about about the work of the NYC Coalition for Educational Justice at www.nyccej.org and find the text of the full proposal HERE. 

City-Wide Youth Council on School Integration  - Nov 16, 2016

In November, the City-Wide Youth Council on School Integration welcomed DOE representatives from the Office of Enrollment the Office of Equity and Access to join their session. Student advocates, adult allies, and DOE officials split into three committees based on the students' 3Rs framework of integration: Race and Enrollment, Resource Allocation, and Relationships.  There they collaborated on policy proposals and possibilities to push this work forward.

Inaugural City-Wide Youth Council on School Integration  - Sept 22, 2016

IntegrateNYC4Me launched the first City-Wide Youth Council on School Integration this September. Students from 10 different districts met to build a movement together. They created a hashtag #makeAmericaInteGREAT to spread their message about school integration via social media. To date, the hashtag has received over 200,000 impressions. 

Meeting with NYC Deputy Chancellor - Jun 2, 2016

Student advocates from Districts 2, 7, 15, and 22 met with NYC Deputy Chancellor Josh Wallack as well as NYC Council Members Brad Lander (District 39) and Ritchie Torres (District 15). As Deputy Chancellor Wallack oversees the office of enrollment, students brought policy recommendations to improve integrated enrollment in high schools across the city. They shared their personal experiences of attending segregated, unequal schools and their visions for a future where all NYC schools honor the diversity of our city. 

Testifying at the NYCC - Jan 25, 2015

Watch as student advocate, Timothy Martinez, speaks to the Committee on Education of the New York City Council about how segregation impacts his school community.

IntegrateNYC4Me Panel at Coro Leadership Center - March 8, 2017

Coro connects professionals who are deeply immersed in the city’s social, political, and economic issues with challenges designed to push them to explore all aspects of an issue and navigate varying stakeholder interests. As part of a day focused on diversity and integration, Coro invited IntegarteNYC4Me students from District 15 and 22 to share their experiences with and solutions for school segregation. 

Hebh Jamal and Angela Davis Speak at Beyond the Bars - March 3, 2017