NYCore Open Invitation Dinner

Jessica, Hannah, and I were very interested in the entire social justice action and its application in schools and attending the NYCore invitation event, in hopes of learning more about what we can do to participate and learn about social justice.

There was a man who did a spoken word about Queens, his hometown. It showed how powerful culture, identity, and experiences are part of children and its the teacher's duty to help bring about a child's identity to the surface. Spoken word is one way to do that. It was such a blessing to see him perform two of his pieces.

If anyone remembers the play titled "Recess" that Joan was asking us to watch last semester, I just caught a glimpse of the one woman play by its creator and actress, Una. It was amazing. She has such heart and passion. Her different voices of playing out how students act and react in school, how some teachers may not know the entire story behind one child's life and mistreat them was really vivid by just one character. Una jumps out of one character and into another by changing her stance, voice, and perspective. I would love to watch Recess in its entirety.

There were different tables and at each different table, one group from NYCore would come around, speak briefly more about their purpose and what they do, in order to ave get more people involved, as part of their open invitation night. There were many different groups, such as one group that would advocate for LGBT teens. There are also groups that help new teachers, since the first year as a teacher is one of the most difficult. We were even allowed to come up with topics that we would want to discuss, as if the topic is recurring, they'll make a session about it in order to help us.

The different groups that anyone is able to participate in NYCore. I recommend looking into it, especially if you want to become a radical educator in New York!