Breakfast Brief with

City Council Member John Liu
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
8:00 - 9:30 am

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
8:00 - 9:30 am

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Civic Conversation
A Forum for CU Members and CUF Supporters

Grading NYC Public Schools
Do New Accountability Measures Help Our Kids?
How Performance Assessment Affects NYC Public Schools

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
6:30 to 8:30pm

Hunter School of Social Work, CUNY
129 East 79th Street at Lexington Avenue
Harold Lewis Auditorium

Randi Weingarten, President,
United Federation of Teachers

Pedro Noguera, NYU School of Education and
Co-Chair of the City Council’s Middle School Task Force

Diane Ravitch, Research Professor of Education at
NYU and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education

Esmeralda Simmons, Executive Director, Center for
Law and Social Justice, Medgar Evers College,
former member of the NYC Board of Education

Philip Vaccaro, Progress Report Project Manager,
New York City Department of Education

Moderated by Jennifer Medina,
Education Reporter, The New York Times

Open to the Public

Civic Conversations foster public dialogue about
important issues facing the citizens of New York.

This program is made possible by a grant from
the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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Gotham Reformers Summer Reception on June 28, 2007 : A great evening!

Our special guests were Daily News civic affairs columnist Errol Louis and Deputy for Government Relations Mayor Kevin Sheekey. Here are a few clips from their remarks:

The Power of Incumbency

Self-Funded Campaigns

Campaign Finance Part 1

Campaign Finance Part 2

Check back soon for photos from the event.

Click here to view the invitation.