ATTENTION: CM James and Elected Officials Present "A Celebration of Praise and Thanksgiving"; 11/20; BK Center for Performing Arts

Please join NYS Senator Eric Adams, NYS Senator John Sampson, Congressman Edolphus “Ed” Towns, Assembly Member Karim Camara, NYC Council Member Letitia James, and NYC Council Member Jumaane D. Williams for A Celebration of Praise and Thanksgiving gospel show.

WHEN: Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 4:00pm
WHERE: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts
Walt Whitman Theatre
2900 Campus Road @ Hillel Place

This event is FREE, but tickets are required. For free tickets, please call the Office of Council Member Letitia James at 718-260-9191. Please bring a non-perishable food donation with you in the spirit of Thanksgiving.

The event is co-sponsored by Health Plus.

Central BK Town Hall Meeting for Discussion on NYS Education Reform; 11/9; Medgar Evers College; 5PM

CENTRAL BROOKLYN TOWN HALL MEETING
The New York State Education Reform Agenda Topics:
-High School Graduation Requirements
-N.Y.S. Assessments in grades K – 8 & high school
-Common Core Curriculum and N.Y.S. Curriculum Frameworks
-Race To The Top initiatives

DATE: Tuesday November 9, 2010
Time: 5:00pm– 7:00pm
Location: Founders Auditorium
Medgar Evers College, CUNY
1650 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225-2017

Presenters:
-Dr. Lester W. Young, Jr. Regent At Large, University of the State of New York
-Dr. John B. King, Jr., Senior Deputy Commissioner, New York State Education Department

Facilitator:
-Dean Richard Jones, Jr., Medgar Evers College, CUNY; Adelaide Sanford Institute Board Member

Sponsored by:
NYS Senator Eric Adams
NYS Senator Velmanette Montgomery

NYS Assembly Member Hakeem Jeffries
NYS Assembly Member Karim Camara
NYS Assembly Member Annette Robinson

Adelaide L. Sanford Institute

Please RSVP by Friday, October 29th; you can email messages@sanfordinstitute.org

ATTENTION: CM James and Elected Officials Present "A Celebration of Praise and Thanksgiving"; 11/7; BK Center for Performing Arts; 4PM

CMs Letitia James and Jumaane Williams, Congressman Ed Towns, NYS Democratic Leader John Sampson, NYS Senator Eric Adams, and Assembly Member Karim Camara present--

A Celebration of Praise and Thanksgiving!

WHEN: Sunday, November 7, 2010, 4PM
WHERE: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Walt Whitman Theatre
2900 Campus Road/Hillel Place

Call the Office of Council Member Letitia James at (718) 260-9191 for more information.

CM James, BK BP Markowitz, and AM Camara Host Premier of Hip-Hop Music Video Entitled "Harmony"

Twenty Years After the Crown Heights Riots, Black and Jewish Community Leaders Endorse DeScribe’s “Harmony” Hip Hop Music Video as a Groundbreaking Tool for Unity and Racial Harmony in Brooklyn

DeScribe (born Shneur HaSofer), Crown Heights’ Hasidic Hip Hop and R&B artist, held a press conference at Borough Hall on August 2nd, 2010 at 1:00 pm with NYS Senator Eric Adams and Borough President Marty Markowitz, Council Member Letitia James and Assembly Member Karim Camara to premier his revolutionary “Harmony” music video, which celebrates diversity, understanding and harmony amongst the Crown Heights’ Black and Jewish communities.

This event was presented in collaboration with heads of the Crown Heights community and Shemspeed, an independent recording label and artists’ promotional agency based in Crown Heights. The event was sponsored by COLlive.com, one of the most prominent Chabad Hasidic media outlets, and Marley Coffee, owned by Bob Marley’s son Rohan Marley. Marley Coffee helps promote and support environmental and social justice causes, including aiding Jamaica’s poor communities and “going green.”

Team Tish: Some Recent Photos

Welcome to our "Recent Photos" adventure, in which we follow Council Member James on her activities within the 35th District and throughout New York City:

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CMs James and deBlasio join Speaker Quinn at Brooklyn's PRIDE Parade on June 13, 2009.

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CM James is joined by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Pratt Area Community Council (PACC) at the "Capital One Bank Clinton Hill Branch Grand Opening Day" on July 23, 2009.

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CMs James and Liu are joined by State Senator Velmanette Montgomery and Assembly Member Karim Camara, as well as community activists [from Real Economics for Building Unity and Innovative Local Development (REBUILD)], at a press conference calling on Mayor Bloomberg to spend stimulus funding on jobs within our communities on July 30th, 2009 at City Hall.


CMs James is joined by members of (REBUILD) and Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler.

*Photos courtesy of William Alatriste.
**Photos courtesy of PACC.