EVENTS

  • Draw Maps & Build Power: Map Drawing Part II
    Wed, Apr 21
    Zoom
    Apr 21, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Zoom
    Week Six Participant Goals: Participants will use all of the skills from the previous classes to draw district maps for their community.
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  • Draw Maps & Build Power: Map Drawing Part I
    Wed, Apr 14
    Zoom
    Apr 14, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Zoom
    Week Five Participant Goals: Participants will use all of the skills from the previous classes to draw district maps for their community.
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  • Draw Maps & Build Power: Statistics for Redistricting
    Wed, Apr 07
    Zoom
    Apr 07, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Zoom
    Week Four Participant Goals: - Understanding the basics of redistricting including language, data and timeline. - Identify statistical tests that are commonly used to provide evidence that districts are compact
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  • Draw Maps & Build Power: Elementary Statistics
    Wed, Mar 24
    Zoom
    Mar 24, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Zoom
    Week Three Participant Goals: Understand the difference between statistics and population data and learn how to analyze community data.
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  • Draw Maps & Build Power: Analyzing Census and Election Data
    Wed, Mar 17
    Zoom
    Mar 17, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Zoom
    Week Two Participant Goals: - Learn how to obtain census data. - Determine the purpose for each census/survey data set. - Identify the source of the data and how it is coded. - Determine how it interacts with census data to produce maps.
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  • Draw Maps & Build Power: Geo-Coding and the Census
    Wed, Mar 10
    Zoom
    Mar 10, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
    Zoom
    Week One Participant Goals: - Articulate the purpose of the census and what the data is used for. - Understand the methodologies used to collect census data and how to interpret the data. - Understand the difference between the Census and survey data.
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  • Empowering Our Communities: the Census, Voting Reform and Re-Districting
    Empowering Our Communities: the Census, Voting Reform and Re-Districting
    Sat, Feb 15
    Legislative Office Building - HR A
    Feb 15, 2020, 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
    Legislative Office Building - HR A, 198 State St, Albany, NY 12210, USA
    Join us in Albany for Caucus Weekend as CLSJ Interim Director Lurie Daniel Favors, Esq. speaks about the 2020 Census and voting reform on a dynamic panel.
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  • Crown Act The Politics of Black Hair in the Workplace
    Crown Act The Politics of Black Hair in the Workplace
    Sat, Feb 15
    Legislative Office Building - MR 3
    Feb 15, 2020, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
    Legislative Office Building - MR 3, 198 State St, Albany, NY 12210, USA
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  • 1619 Youth Conference
    1619 Youth Conference
    Thu, Dec 19
    Boys and Girls High School
    Dec 19, 2019, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    Boys and Girls High School, 1700 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11213, USA
    General Counsel Lurie Daniel Favors, Esq. will present a workshop entitled 1619: The Birth of the American Hate Crime Industry and will participate in a Wealth Gap Panel Discussion.
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  • Black Activist Census Summit
    Black Activist Census Summit
    Wed, Dec 18
    All Souls Episcopal Church
    Dec 18, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    All Souls Episcopal Church, 88 St Nicholas Ave, New York, NY 10026, USA
    CLSJ is co-sponsoring a Black Activist Census Summit with the December 12th Movement and the East New York Restoration LDC (flyer is attached), in Harlem, NYC. We'd like to invite all interested organizations & community members to attend & leave with a concrete census outreach plan!
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  • Senator Brian Benjamin 2020 Census Ugly Sweater Party
    Senator Brian Benjamin 2020 Census Ugly Sweater Party
    Mon, Dec 16
    ACP State Office Building
    Dec 16, 2019, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    ACP State Office Building, 163 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027, USA
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  • 400 Years Later: What Does Democracy Mean for Us?
    400 Years Later: What Does Democracy Mean for Us?
    Tue, Nov 05
    TWU Local 100
    Nov 05, 2019, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    TWU Local 100, 195 Montague St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
    Join CLSJ General Counsel Lurie Daniel Favors, Esq. and a dynamic panel for a compelling conversation about the 400+ year presence of African Americans in the United States.
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  • Early Voting Comes to New York
    Early Voting Comes to New York
    Tue, Nov 05
    Location is TBD
    Nov 05, 2019, 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM
    Location is TBD
    For the first time, New Yorkers will have the chance to participate in early voting from Oct. 26, 2019 thru Nov. 3, 2019 and on Election Day, Nov.5, 2019
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  • Black Solidarity Day 2019
    Black Solidarity Day 2019
    Mon, Nov 04
    EOJ Auditorium | Medgar Evers College
    Nov 04, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    EOJ Auditorium | Medgar Evers College, 1638 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Join us for a roundtable discussion commemorating the anniversary of Black Solidarity Day. General Counsel Lurie Daniel Favors, Esq. will participate in the Knowledge, Justice & Equity panel.
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