Reading Room Resources

The NYC Department of Education and the Borough Presidents’ Offices created the Extended Use Hardship Waiver Program in order to provide community organizations with greater access to our school facilities.

The fee waiver program launched in February 2019, and provides communities with more instructional, sporting, and recreational opportunities for students and/or adults. Community organizations that have a hardship paying the extended use permit fees can apply for a fee waiver.

Eligibility Requirements

Organizations must be:

• Not-for-profit
• In compliance with Chancellor’s Regulation D-180
• Able to demonstrate financial hardship
• In good standing with the DOE (e.g.,

From CreateNYC: A Cultural Plan for All New Yorkers

Posted on August 13, 2019

Download the Action Plan PDF.

“In July 2017, CreateNYC was released to the public as New York City’s first-ever comprehensive cultural plan. Following months of public engagement that engaged with nearly 200,000 New Yorkers, the plan provided a long term framework for promoting greater equity, access, diversity, and expanding opportunities for all residents to participate in the City’s vibrant cultural life.

Online Resources

Exploring the Process and Commitment of Becoming Better Social Justice Orgs

• Community-Word Project (CWP) materials, with respect to intellectual property:
  • Panel Outline | Questions for panelists were altered based on the real-time discussion.
  • Social Justice Wheel | Inspired by the Undoing Racism – The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond
  • Sample Reflection Questions
• FB Video | We Run Brownsville
• Philly’s 7th Ward | Black Educators Share Their Thoughts on What Happens When White Women Cry in Schools
• WNYC | #ThisIsNotUs Is a Cop-Out: Social Media and Charlottesville
• Ted Talk | The danger of a single story

Chart Paper Takeaways

The NYC Department of Education recently restructured its website to better communicate with constituents and NYC DOE personnel:

• Main NYC DOE site (schools.nyc.gov) will be primarily for parents and families‎.
• Info Hub (infohub.nyced.org) will be for cultural partners and other constituents with public facing resources.
• WeTeachNYC (weteachnyc.org) will house materials and resources for educators; some content will require a NYC DOE login.

May 9, 2017

On Our Minds Special Issue: IMPACT x 4

Introduction
Series Editor: Dennie Palmer Wolf, WolfBrown

The Impact of Raising the Stakes
Courtney J. Boddie, The New Victory Theater
The Impact of Investing in Human Capital
Jamie Roach, Teaching Artist, The New Victory Theater
The Impact of Re-thinking Research and Practice
Steven Holochwost, WolfBrown
Curating Impact, Not Shows
Alan Brown and Sean Fenton,