Educator and professional speaker with a vested interest in expanding that space where service, community, and justice overlap. Note: Views are my own.
@Amtrak train 238 just passed Yonkers without stopping as scheduled. Now we're all going to Penn unexpectedly and those of us that prebooked rides are stuck with cancellation fees and have to get home from Penn. Please advise regarding reimbursements for the additional costs
This summer, New Yorkers are reading “The City We Became” by N.K. Jemisin. 📚🗽
NYPL and The Public Theater are launching the Big Summer Book Club—the biggest book club in Library history! Join in on a citywide reading experience where New Yorkers read one book together all summer long.
Jemisin's "The City We Became" is a sprawling urban fantasy that brings together characters from all of New York City’s five boroughs.
Starting today through Labor Day, anyone with an NYPL library card can download the e-book or audiobook instantly with no wait. Throughout the summer, Library branches across the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island will host book discussions, giveaways, workshops, and more inspired by the novel.
The Big Summer Book Club will culminate in a special event with N.K. Jemisin and WNYC at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park this August.
Start reading: https://t.co/IbxxeaIrLJ
🚨GIVEAWAY🚨
Promise I have some brand new, tags-still-on stuff to give away next weekish. But a Mets sweep has me cleaning out the closet to celebrate. Many have asked about this one: THE FLANNEL
Size L and it’s big. RT this and follow me to enter. Winner picked tomorrow 5 ET
It was great talking to Stephen and the inspiring young people we’ve worked with at the @ObamaFoundation on the @ColbertLateShow.
When the Obama Presidential Center opens this June 19, my hope is that this will be a place where people can come together to meet, learn, and work with each other to create change in their communities. Learn more at https://t.co/ahkDMKalIn.
Bronx residents are often forced to leave their own neighborhoods just to find affordable, quality groceries. In this month's "Our Forgotten Borough" we take a look into what residents have to do to access food across the borough.
https://t.co/OAoTYBPORz
🚨GIVEAWAY - SMART BOOK SUMMER🚨
Was lucky enough to score an advance copy of the new Mets culture/history book, “Metropolitans,” that comes out next week
Already finished it, and now I’d love to pay it forward for Opening Week. RT and be following me, winner picked in 48 hours
A smile can be part of the solution too!
$30 (Early Bird through March 22): Provides 56 meals worth of groceries for families facing food insecurity.
$45 (General Admission): Helps provide 9 hot lunches for individuals who might otherwise go without.
https://t.co/AGVNnjPEqA
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
More than 1,800 Bronx residents, faith leaders and nonprofit organizers packed Fordham University on Feb. 5 to launch a new borough wide coalition "Bronx First" aimed at building political power and tackling long-standing inequities.
https://t.co/NjsqtRFrXc
Shamrock Shake season is returning to Albany, and local McDonald’s are again using the annual promotion to raise money for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House of the Capital Region.
More:
https://t.co/T0zdc61w0F