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Education

City To Offer More Immigrant Services After Supreme Court Ruling Halts DACA & DAPA

Pung Ping Chan of Sunset Park says she wants to go back to school to improve her English skills. (Elizabeth Elizalde / Sunset Park Voice) For Sunset Park resident Pung Ping Chan, an undocumented immigrant from Hong Kong, living the American Dream has brought challenges — but with help from city services,

Education

DOE Offers Two City-Wide Parent Conferences In Spanish & Mandarin

Photo by Sunset Park VoiceIn order to provide greater language access for families who speak Mandarin and Spanish, the city’s Department of Education (DOE) is hosting Learning Together [http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/FACE/default.htm], two city-wide parent conferences this June. These sessions will be delivered entirely in

Adult literacy

Greenfield Restores Funding For Adult Literacy Courses At COJO Of Flatbush And Boro Park JCC

Community women gathering to restore Adult Literacy courses. (Photo by Shannon Geis/DItmas Park Corner)After funding for adult literacy courses was cut earlier this year, a number of women in the community [/education/neighborhood-women-fight-to-restore-community-adult-literacy-courses/] were unsure of where to turn to continue their English education. However, Council member David

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BRICK Opens Female Literacy Center In Response To The Loss Of Adult Literacy Classes

Council member Mathieu Eugene at the ribbon cutting for BRICK’s Female Literacy Center. (Photo via BRICK)The Brooklyn Rebuild Immigrant Community and Knowledge (BRICK) has opened a Female Literacy Center at the BRICK Community Center [/blog/neighbors/breaking-barriers-new-community-center-aims-celebrate-pakistani-culture-connect-neighbors] (920 Foster Avenue near East 10th Street) in response to the

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Pet Spotlight: Ella Blue Fitzgerald the Mini Aussie

Ella Blue Fitzgerald is a 2 year old Mini Aussie. (Photo by Antonia Massa)We met Ella Blue Fitzgerald and her owner Emilie Bonsant in Fort Greene Park, where Ella was playing with her friends. Bonsant first got Ella at Citipups when she was just a 2 month old puppy.

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Proud Preschoolers Graduate from the League Education & Treatment Center

[SlideDeck2 id=3133 ress=1] With more spirit and verve than pomp and circumstance, the League Education & Treatment Center celebrated its preschool Graduation and Moving Up Day on Friday, Aug. 9. The League Center, a local certified non-profit organization dedicated to serving children and adults with behavioral and psychiatric