ATTENTION: Upcoming Community Event, Important Information

Emmanuel Baptist Church will host a college readiness financial aid workshop on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 36 St. James Place, from 12noon-2pm in Room 201. The workshop is geared towards parents of and students that are high school junior and seniors preparing for college.

RSVP is appreciated corbettfc@yahoo.com.
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Join Congressman Major Owens (retired) and the Central Brooklyn Martin Luther King Commission as they present their 25th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Essay, Poetry & Art Awards Ceremony:

Monday, January 18, 2010, 1pm (Doors open at 12:30pm)

Prospect Heights High School Campus

883 Classon Avenue

Brooklyn, NY. 11225
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Collecting for Haiti
Following Brooklyn Tech's collection for displaced Haitians, we have some more info on who's collecting.

-Council Member Darlene Mealy, of the (nearby) 41st district in Central Brooklyn, will be collecting relief items of non-perishable food, clothing, blankets and other necessities, for the victims of the devastating earthquake. Any such items can be brought to her office at 1757 Union Street (near Utica Avenue), anytime during office hours Monday thru Saturday from (9am-6pm).

-The Brooklyn-based St. Paul Community Baptist Church (SPCBC) is the Brooklyn drop-off point for Yele Haiti. Items requested are blankets, solar flash lights, power bars/protein bars, clothes, and medical supplies. Financial donations are also accepted, and checks or money orders should be made out to St. Paul Community Baptist Church with "Yele Haiti" in the memo line (click the above link to donate online).
See more information at the NYT-Local blog here.

ATTENTION: Events for Students Entering High School

THE ANNUAL CITYWIDE HIGH SCHOOL FAIR AND OTHER EVENTS FOR STUDENTS APPLYING TO HIGH SCHOOL.

The Department of Education will host its annual Citywide High School Fair at Brooklyn Technical High School--

WHERE:
Brooklyn Technical High School
29 Fort Greene Place

WHEN:
October 3-4
10:00AM- 3:00PM

Eighth and ninth-grade students applying to high school this year are strongly encouraged to attend the fair.

Individual schools will hold open houses for interested students:

Edward R. Murrow High School will hold open house on October 24th and October 25th, from 11:00AM to 3:00PM. Edward R. Murrow is located at 1600 Avenue L in Brooklyn.

Those with questions should call the office of Council Member Letitia James at (212) 788-7081.

CM James, Students, Residents Say: 'Intolerance Unwelcome in BK'

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 25, 2009

Contact: Aja Worthy-Davis at (212) 788-7081

Council Member Letitia James, students and residents say: intolerant views of Westboro not welcome in Brooklyn

(Brooklyn, NY) On September 24, 2009, five members of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), based in Topeka, Kansas picketed behind Brooklyn Technical High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

WBC is headed by Fred Phelps and is known for picketing at public events and funerals, often those peripherally related to the LGBTQ community, or organizations and bodies they feel are sympathetic to LGBTQ-related issues. This has included, in the past, the funerals of fallen soldiers. WBC is not affiliated with any known Baptist sects, and in addition to being condemned by countless organizations, Mr. Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper have been banned from entering the United Kingdom due to their hateful rhetoric in frequent appearances in British media.

The US-based Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center have identified WBC as a hate group. A small group of WBC members picketed at Brooklyn Technical at the intersection of Lafayette Avenue and S. Elliott Place, and met with protesting residents and Brooklyn Technical students. The WBC picketers held signs that read “G-d Hates You” and “G-d is Your Enemy.” Many protesting students were seen wearing stickers that read “Love Don’t Hate.”

“Fort Greene is a community known for its diversity, and the divisive and outrageous rhetoric of the Westboro Baptist Church could not be more unwelcome. Wherever they go throughout Brooklyn, they will be met by residents ready to reject their message of hate. Homophobia will not be tolerated.” said Council Member James. “Sadly, these church members are getting exactly what they seek, more attention; yet and still, we must continue to protest their extreme religious views and antics.”

The Westboro Baptist Church, who has also displayed hate towards the Jewish community, has placed their picketing schedule on their website- www.g-dhatesfags.com. The church plans to picket synagogues Beth Elohim in Park Slope, and Union Temple in Prospect Heights for Yom Kippur. Fortunately, many Brooklyn residents stand opposed to the fanatical, narrow-minded opinions of this church.

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The NYT-Local's coverage.
The BK Paper's coverage.