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Miriam on Mar 27 | 86 comments

You need to register individually online to visit Tufts University by this weekend!  Please go to:

http://admissions.tufts.edu/?pid=123

You will need to fill out a registration page.  After you register please sign up for the following date April 26:

9:30am Information Session

12pm Tour       

If you have any questions call Aiesha on Friday, or either of us at the museum on Saturday afternoon.

Miriam on Mar 27 | 8 comments

You need to register individually online to visit Tufts University.  Please go to:

http://admissions.tufts.edu/?pid=123

You will need to fill out a registration page.  After you register please sign up for the following:

April 26-

 

Miriam on Mar 27 | 49 comments

You need to register individually online to visit Tufts University.  Please go to:

http://admissions.tufts.edu/?pid=123

You will need to fill out a registration page.  After you register please sign up for the following:

April 26-

 

Miriam on Jan 09 | 51 comments

iMentor has invited us to MENTOR'S DAY AT CHELSEA PIERS.  We are the only iMentor group to be invited- so feel special!  The event is on Saturday January 26th from 2-5:30pm.  We will be meeting at BCM that day at 1pm.  You have already received your permission slips, please return both the iMentor form and the TEEN CREW form ASAP.  Thanks!

Miriam on Dec 06 | 127 comments
The iMentor HOLIDAY COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT on December 15th is a REQUIRED event. It is a part of the iMentor program and as a student at BCM it is part of your class. We will meet at in front of PS 289 and go as a group to the event on that Saturday.  You will be receiving permission slips soon.

Aiesha Turman (aturman) on Oct 27 | 123 comments

Because of your continued behavior as a group, some changes are going to be made beginning on Thursday, November 1st. Unfortunately, for those of you who do what you are reequired and sometimes go above and beyond what you are called to do, you will have to deal with the repercussions for the overall group behavior.

As it currently stands, I am ready to terminate about half of you. Your immaturity, rudeness, lack of participation, leads me to believe that most of you are not ready for the responsibility of this position. And I would not allow you to comeplete the year and/or come back as seniors.

As a group, you are very disappointing and you will either shape up or get fired!

Aiesha 

Aiesha Turman (aturman) on Oct 27 | 64 comments
Submission Call

"How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to speak?"
~Isabel Allende

Color Online is currently accepting submissions for our first e-zine issue slated for January publication. We are looking for poems, short stories, book reviews and articles.

Tell us how the personal is political. How are you a visionary? Think about our mission statement or the above quote. Tell us how you are growing spiritually, politically and culturally. In what ways do you choose to help yourself and others?

Send questions and submissions to cora_litgroup@yahoo.com. Include complete name and contact information with your submission. No attachments will be accepted. Original works only.

Deadline is December 12, 2007. Contributors will be contacted by December 27, 2007. We will not send rejection notices.

www.coloronline.blogspot.com

Aiesha Turman (aturman) on Oct 19 | 118 comments
2nd Annual Urban Word NYC/NY Knicks College Fair and Open AuditionSAT. NOV. 3rd 10AM – 5PM Hammerstein Ballroom (311 W. 34th St. btw 8 & 9 Ave) 

This year’s college fair will present over 50 colleges, universities and community organizations, ranging from CUNY and SUNY schools to historically black colleges.  Join Urban Word NYC and the NY Knicks for a day of FREE college resources, live entertainment and a chance to win over $100,000 in scholarship money. 

Come to watch, or come to spit-- the open audition is the first step in the Knicks Poetry Slam series that offers scholarships, workshops, prizes and performance opportunities.  All teen poets, emcees, singers and spoken word artists are encouraged to come perform a one-minute poem/rap/song for a chance to compete in the slam!  Please come early, and visit www.knickspoetryslam.com or www.urbanwordnyc.org for all contest guidelines. 

Scholarship Opportunity: University of Wisconsin First Wave

 As part of Urban Word NYC’s continuing relationship with the University of Wisconsin, we are seeking out high-achieving seniors, with a passion for the arts and writing, to apply for the chance to win a 4-year full ride to the dynamic First Wave program.  Furthermore, the university is also offering considerable financial aid to NYC students who get in.  Students who apply should have above a 3.1 GPA, and have an interest in poetry, hip-hop, and spoken word. Please check out this dynamic arts community for students http://omai.wisc.edu/firstwave/  We are trying to get all applications to the University of Wisconsin by NOV. 30. If you know students that would benefit from this amazing opportunity, please email Erica Fabri (Creatively College Bound Coordinator) as soon as possible for more details: Erica@urbanwordnyc.org

Aiesha Turman (aturman) on Oct 15 | 71 comments

On Saturday, October 27th, we will be visiting SUNY Stony Brook. I am sending letters home this week. If your parents have any questions, have them contact me.

Aiesha Turman (aturman) on Oct 04 | 67 comments
Calling all incredible girls!

I'm putting together a focus group in Manhattan with young women ages 13 to 19. The conversation will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for girls to share their thoughts about beauty, self-esteem and, well, pretty much whatever is on their minds (pop-culture, boys, family, achievement, etc.) for a forthcoming book by star entertainment reporter and Access Hollywood host Shaun Robinson.
 
I'm co-writing the book with Shaun and I couldn't be more thrilled about the project, whose purpose is to empower and encourage young women to shine on and be the inimitable stars they are.

For the book, Shaun will be talking to girls around the country and her first stop is New York City. The focus group will take place at a TBD location on Monday, October 8 (Columbus Day--school's out) from noon to 3 p.m.

We're "casting" girls as we speak, so please--IMMEDIATELY!--send word to every young, brilliant female mind you know. And if you don't know any brilliant young female minds (again, ages13 to 19 who live in the NYC area), then send this email to everyone you know who does (high-school teachers, parents of teenagers, folks who work and/or volunteer with girls, etc.).
 
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Aiesha Turman (aturman) on Sep 24 | 50 comments

We will be attending the New York Urban League 21st Annual Historically Black College Fair at Riverbank State Park from 10am to 3pm.

Please arrive at BCM no later than 8:30 am so that we can get to Harlem on time!