You’ve heard of Paying It Forward, right?  Well, a great way to do it is by partnering with the Association of New York City Education Councils. (ANYCEC)  

Your donation will provide New York City schoolchildren with  free finance, entertainment or spoken word workshops during afterschool or on weekends, so they can be motivated to want to learn. Their parents are given classes on how to best advocate for their children's futures.  

And if you volunteer to be an role model, to us an ,b>Everyday Superhero!, you can help hundreds of kids envision a better future.  

By providing sponsorship to literally thousands of children, you are able to reach out to all of our education colleagues and partners which increase your visibility ten times over. (See our partners page on http://anycec.net)

While we work with over thousands of parents from all over the country, we also partner with over two dozen parent/educational list serves.

We utilize the expertise of over a dozen renowned experts of their own fields which range from Finances, to the Entertainment Industry, to Engineering and Technology and we work alongside a dozen organizations who we share our sponsors with.(THIS MEANS YOU!)

This evening, I am suggesting you assist sponsor, the children of NYC Public Schools, NJ Public Schools, where we've had the pleasure of being invited, and how they too all inspired me and my colleagues to take that leap of faith of making this work a reality across the country. We want children to love their educational experiences the way my school mates and I have and we want them to look forward and enjoy their reunions and have great futures!Join us, see the magic that you've helped create, revel in the possibilities of your own childhood dreams as they come to life for some of us and open the doors and windows for the rest of us.

Please join us at our SNEAK PREVIEW of our 2009 campaign commercial and Music Video entitled:
Everyday Superheroes "We Are Our Brothers' Keepers" This is the year of the Black Male Role Model! Come and meet our everyday super heroes!

Terms for admission to Sneak Preview of ANYCEC's National Commercial / Investors Party:

$25 provides admission for one, placed on list of sponsors on party's program and on website ANYCEC with link to your site

$100 provides admission for one, Quarter Page Advertisement in Black and White in journal and on website ANYCEC with link to your site (submission requirements are as follows, etc...)

$250 provides admission for two, Full Page Advertisement in journal and Full 468 x 60 banner on ANYCEC website (submission requirements are as follows, etc...)

$500 provides admission for two, Full Page Advertisement in journal, Full 468 x 60 banner on ANYCEC website (submission requirements are as follows, etc...), get free access to live web stream during party, 30 second commercial on web stream website during repeat airings - once commercial has been completed and approved by you (images, music to be provided, voice-overs to be added)Courtesy of Black Phoenix Productions

$750 provides admission for three, Listing as a CO-Sponsor of the event, Full Page Advertisement in journal, Banner on display at party, Full 468 x 60 banner on ANYCEC website (submission requirements are as follows, etc...), get free access to live web stream during party, 30 second commercial on web stream website during repeat airings - once commercial has been completed and approved by you (created from conceptual script collaborated on with Director)Courtesy of Black Phoenix Productions

$1000 provides admission for three, Priority Listing as a CO-Sponsor of the event, Full Page Advertisement in journal, Banner on display at party, Full 468 x 60 banner on ANYCEC website (submission requirements are as follows, etc...), 30 second commercial on webstream website (created from conceptual script collaborated on with Director), one ticket for the Annual GALA at Steiner Studios on September 28, 2009 (a $250 VIP value).Courtesy of Black Phoenix Productions

All payments can be made via PayPal, using eChecks, Debit and Credit Cards,
using sponsors@anycec.net as Payee Contact Email Address.

1. Peace and safety for all, first and foremost.
2. That Billy Thompson, Jr. becomes Mayor and sends a message to all affluent and self-absorbed business people that politics should be handled by politicians and not bored billionaires thinking they are deities and almighty know-it-alls.
   

   NOTE: Brilliant in business does not translate being brilliant in the education administration world.
   In my opinion, Mr. Mayor, your arrogance and confidence in a limited and even more "arrogant MBA few" was and will always be your downfall. My dearly departed ex-cousin-in-law Ann used to say, "Hard head makes for a soft bottom..." I think of Ann and this saying of hers every time I hear your arrogant rants when it comes to education Mayor Bloomberg.
   
   And how dare you say that parent representatives are simply looking for media attention??!! I promise you that if we had the media coverage that we needed to give our data out to the NYC parents as well as the businesses that "swear you walk on water",  you WOULD have been voted out in spite of all your dirty buying-people-off money and regardless of some of the great things you actually had accomplished. WHY?? Simply because what you've done to this past generation of children will haunt this city for years to come and possibly more generations to follow. You failed them, you failed us and you failed this city in larger ways that any of your business acumen could have saved you from. We will forget you, you've no legacy here - so go away and let someone else do right by our children.
   

3. That more foster children get adopted and cared for! All orphaned children for that matter!
4. That the NYC Council members that voted FOR the turning over of the term limits ALL LOSE THEIR SEATS, even though I love and respect many of you for what you've done during your OFFICIAL TIME there in that position, you know in your hearts it was wrong. You can do just as much elsewhere.
   (Anyway, you know you can find another job so don't act as if you'll be on the unemployment line anytime soon. Having had the position gives you a toe in the door where the rest of us can't get in...)
5. That all of the ASPCAs have a shortage of pets to give away because all of the foster and adopted kids all got one!
6. That the Board of the MTA are all fired, removed or found guilty of their other nefarious and heinous crimes against the people of New  York.

CRAZY IDEA: Hire a Board from retired MTA WORKERS, pay them a salary that is in this stratosphere, and have the Public Advocate's Office oversee them, as well as the NYC Council.

7. That the President-elect's plans to invest in infrastructure really happens here and that our bridges and highways will actually look as if they will eventually be finished.
8. That Mayoral Control over NYC Public School is allowed to SUNSET! That the definition of parental involvement DOES NOT simply mean fund raising for the school and homework help at home.
9. That all of the truth about how our children have been fairing for seven years in Public School FINALLY comes out and proves that testing is a cruel and heinous way of proving that you are getting the job done and is really covering up arrogant incompetence and is ruining generations of future NYC residents and creating more unemployable people.
10. That the No Child Leave Behind Law is burned in the streets and re-written to mean what it says and actually give a damn (and give it a backbone with funding ok)
11. That Senior Citizens are overwhelmed with visits from loved ones who suddenly remembered where Grandma and Grandpa were living!
12. That slumlords are hunted down like the rabid animals they are by Dog the Bounty Hunter. LOL (sorry, had to say it!)

And my one prediction and hope of all hopes, (and yes this is very personal for me because I drempt of being a part of this since I was 12) that Norman Siegel, the People's Advocate was accessible to everyone and would be able to teach everyone what they need to know and do so that they can be the best advocates they could be for themselves and their families!

AND yes, the only way I see that happening would be if everyone simply voted him for the office of Public Advocate (DUH!)(Why I Idolize Norman Siegel: CLICK HERE)

We must remember that the NYC Public Advocate should not be affiliated with ANY political party except for the Party of the People!

 We should remember that our childrens' future will be in the hands of the next Mayor and New York City Council. Who better for them to work alongside, than the man who has spearheaded many actions necessary to keep corporations and rogue politicians honest? NORMAN SIEGEL, THAT'S WHO!

IMPORTANT SIDE NOTE: Currently the candidate for Mayor (or shall I say, my candidate for Mayor) and several NYC Council members ARE Norman Siegel's CLIENTS in the suit against Term Limits! If that is not a vote of confidence in his abilities and if he is NOT ALREADY DOING THE DARN JOB, then tell me what is!

No more soapbox! Happy Holidays from my family to yours. AND a many thanks to the  Gotham Gazette for caring about what I think, giving me a place to say it and making this blog submission happen!!

A very special thank you to David Dadey and Gail Robinson, (who I had the pleasure of being on a panel with) you two make being a concerned citizen feel like such an honor and more important than everything else, you want others to join in and be a part of their own lives, decisions and futures!

Gotham Gazette is my favorite website for advocacy news and NYC news in general!

Happy Holidays everyone, from me and mine to you and yours!

This is BklynMom3, over and out and I believe in justice, love conquering almost everything, equality, fairness, impartiality, transparency, accountability, education as a human right for all, and most of all beating you at your own game with your own stick. Especially if you are looking for it by pushing around others and deserve it."

John Quincy Adams: If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:"It is precisely because education is the road to equality and citizenship, that it has been made more elusive for Negroes than many other rights. The walling off of Negroes from equal education is part of the histoical design to submerge him in second class status.
Therefore, as Negroes have struggled to be free they have had to fight for the opportunity for a decent education."

http://michellemag.com/stories/politics/2008/10oct/politics102708.htm

I love voting! I used to hate it because the lines were horribly long, machines went down and the polling volunteers were (I'm sorry but it's true, at least in Brooklyn) too old and slow to get on the ball. Here in Kings County poll workers have to know people, so I went to people that knew people and I became a poll worker for two years.

OMG! It was such a farce I cried for days. The Board of Elections is a joke. The systems are so old that even I who "cut my teeth" on learning the binary system and used punch-cards in my computer learning hey day couldn't fathom this system.

The poll workers cared more about the pot-luck after party and the organizer was such a damned Nazi !(yes, I said it! She walked around as if she was Queen and everyone else was beneath her and all beacuse she knew the Queen Bee who was the Female District Leader and the one who got people's names on the list of poll workers).
Anyway, the Board of Elections quiz and testing site was ridiculous and answers were yelled at so that everyone passed and basically got paid for having a pulse!

This year I chose not to sell myself for the 400 bucks and save myself a serious headache and do some real work on Election Day! First by taking my mom who uses a can and has trouble every year because she goes alone. SOooooooooooo, I sent in for an Absentee Ballot! AND I LOVED IT! I will escort my mom every year if it means that I can cast my vote in the privacy of my own home. Now many may say this is selfish. Why not have my mom vote by Absentee Ballot instead? BECAUSE PEOPLE, she is a new American Citizen of only five years! SHE WANTS TO STAND ON LINE AND go through the hooplah. I was born here and have voted since Reagan (don't ask).

ANYWHO! That was my experience and now I want to introduce you to Michellemag.com where I learned all about the latest and greatest way to vote: AFFIDAVIT BALLOT!

http://michellemag.com/stories/politics/2008/10oct/politics102708.htm

When you get to the polls, if your name is not in the Poll Book and if you never received your Voter Registration Card, it doesn't mean you can't vote. It simply means the system failed -- again.  Know your rights.

 

The huge number of newly registered voters is being vastly under reported this election year.  Most voter protection officials, from lawyers to the actual Boards of Elections across the country, have little idea just how many people have been registered state to state. 

 

There are three major reasons for this: massive voter registration drives by the Obama Campaign's ground team, poor planning on the part of the Board of Elections,  and the antiquated system of data entry used to put new voters into the system.  Oh yeah, and the fact that Google was registering new voters on their Google Maps site put the situation right over the edge.

 

So, here is the story.  At least in New York, where the deadline to register to vote was end of day, October 10th, there were more than 200,000 voter registration forms dumped at the State Board of Elections office.  In addition, Rock the Vote slammed the voter registration system with hundreds of thousands more on the deadline day.  These last minute tidal waves of voter registration forms were smashed into the system on top of the hundreds of thousands of other voter registration forms that were yet to be entered into the system at the time of the deadline.

 

So, while traditionally the Board of Elections promises newly registered voters and change of address voters a registration card in the mail at least a few weeks before election day, confirming their entry into the system, this is not going to happen for hundreds of thousands --  possibly millions of Americans.  Why?  Because the names and addresses are still being entered into the system. Even as you sit here and read this post. 

 

The result is that not only will millions of Americans not receive Voter Registration Cards.  They will not even be listed in the election district poll books, because they have not been entered into the system. 

 

The good news is that if you registered to vote within your state's mandated deadline, you are registered to vote. Period.  The bad news is, the poll watchers at your election district will likely not know this if you are not in their poll book.  And the even worse news is that you may not be in the poll book because the Board of Elections just ran out of time to enter everyone who actually registered to vote.

 

So, what you must do if you know that you registered to vote, never received your Voter Registration Card but show up to the polls like you are supposed to, is to request an Affidavit Ballot.  You must be given one if you can prove that you are in the right election district, by showing some kind of utility bill, your driver's license or whatever.  Just prove that you are entitled to vote in the election district in which you have shown up to the polls.

 

The Affidavit Ballot is a paper ballot with an affidavit on the envelope.  It is used when a voter's name has been omitted from the computer generated poll books. When you vote using this, you must swear you  are a registered voter and provide current and previous address.   In a less common circumstance you may use this type of ballot to challenge your party enrollment stated in the poll book.  Fill out the ballot and seal it and give it to the appropriate person. 

 

It counts as a vote. Folks, let me say this again, it counts as a vote.  It will be tallied at the end of the day.

 

REMEMBER EVERYONE: THIS CAME FROM MICHELLEMAG.COM, my new place to go for information.

http://michellemag.com/stories/politics/2008/10oct/politics102708.htm

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