Day 20: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Kevin from Grover Cleveland...

My name is Leonardo from West Side...

My name is Geo from El Puente....

We are Student Activists United and we waited 20 days to get a response from Bloomberg to discuss why he is doing this to us....he never emailed, called, tweet, wrote or 'facebooked' us. We gave him an opportunity to have a simple meeting with the students of NYC public schools. He ran from us.

Tomorrow is the Panel for Educational Policy vote on the turnaround proposals.

Tomorrow we take action and that will just be the beginning....

                                         April 5th- Official request for a meeting at City Hall

                                           April 13th- We woke up Bloomberg at his house

                                           April 26th....
                                           May....
                                           June...
                                           July...
                                           August...
                                           September...
                                           We won't be stopped....

Day 19: Waiting on Bloomberg

Our names are Emony and Davon, youth from Williamsburg.  

We have been waiting for Bloomberg for 19 days.  

Day 18: Waiting on Bloomberg

We are Student Activists United and welcome to Day 18. 

We paid Tweed Courthouse a little visit today....

My name is Khalil Harris.  I go to Sheepshead Bay HS in Brooklyn and I've been waiting on Bloomberg to respond to our letter and email for 17 days.  We have waited.  We have gone to his work.  We have gone to his house.  He continues to ignore us. He has three more days.....

Day 16: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Genesis Gutierrez.  I go to Grover Cleveland in Queens and I've been waiting on Bloomberg to respond to our letter for 16 days. 

Day 15: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Melvin Hydleburg.  I go to Herbert H. Lehman in the Bronx and 

I've been waiting on Bloomberg for 15 days.

Day 14: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Carlos Ballinas.  I go to Grover Cleveland in Queens and 

I've been waiting on Bloomberg for 14 days.  

Day 13: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Yuriy Ost.  I go to Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn and 

I've been waiting for Bloomberg for 14 days. 

Day 12: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Amira Sharif.  I go to Long Island City High School in Queens and 

I've been waiting on Bloomberg for 12 days.

Day 11: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Sebastien Porsenna.  I go to William E. Grady High School in Brooklyn and 

I've been waiting on Bloomberg for 11 days.

Day 10: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Steve Harrison.  I go to Progress High School in Brooklyn and

I've been waiting on Bloomberg for 10 days.

Day 9: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Diana Rodriguez. I go to Grover Cleveland High School in Queens and 

I've been waiting on Bloomberg for 9 days.

Who got woken up by Student Activists United today?

We will give you a few clues:

1. This person has pushed for failed educational policies that have contributed to only 13% of Black and Latino students being college ready.
2. They live on the Upper East Side.
3. They have ignored our request for a meeting.

Yup, you guessed it.  Bloomberg.

The first segment of "Wake up, Bloomberg" aired today in front of Mayor Bloomberg's house so that he could hear our concerns since we have been ignored.

Sebastien and Diana as co-hosts

After the NYPD asked us to go back further down the street, Bloomberg ran out of his house and was in his SUV in seconds.....I guess he didn't want to face us and had asked to get us back as much as possible.  All he had to do was to facebook, email, tweet or call and we would have never shown up at his door.

Well that didn't stop us from picketing and protesting in his neighborhood....

Apparently, our protest was noticed as they had NYPD follow us for blocks after we left with sirens and at times, going against traffic.  More pictures and video to come on this whole event....stay tuned! 

Day 8: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Ubayed Muhith.  I go to Herbert H. Lehman in the Bronx and 

I've been waiting on Bloomberg for 8 days so today, I went to his house to wake him up! 

Good morning, Mayor 13%.

Day 7: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Mickala Mcfarlane.  I go to Sheepshead Bay High School in Brooklyn and 

I've been waiting on Bloomberg for 7 days.

Day 6: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Baneza Delacruz. I go to Progress High School in Brooklyn and 

I've been waiting on Bloomberg for 6 days.

Day 5: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Dexter Ambrose.  I go to Automotive High School in Brooklyn and 

I've been waiting on Bloomberg for 5 days. 

Day 4: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Justin Watson.  I go to Legacy School for Integrated Studies in Manhattan and 

I've been waiting on Bloomberg for 4 days. 

Day 3: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Amir Almerdie.  I go to Sheepshead Bay High School in Brooklyn and 

I've been waiting on Bloomberg for 3 days.

My name is Lauren Ribustello. I go to Herbert H. Lehman High School in the Bronx and  

I've been waiting on Bloomberg for 2 days. 

Day 1: Waiting on Bloomberg

My name is Bryan Franco.  I go to Grover Cleveland High School in Queens and    

I've been waiting on Bloomberg for 1 day. 

FACE US Campaign April 2012

We are asking Mayor Bloomberg for a meeting to explain why he continues to utilize failed and unproven education policies on the students of New York City.

Mayor Bloomberg, we are waiting a response.

Officially, we just made our request yesterday.

Unofficially, we have been waiting for a response for A DECADE.

Write us. Call us. Email us. Tweet us. Facebook us. FACE US.

 Please note: We won't wait too long before our next action.

Hello World!

We are Student Activists United (SAU) that consists of students in NYC that are working collectively to create change in the education system. Through the use of action and media, we raise awareness of Bloomberg’s... failed policies and the effect of these policies on NYC students. Our current demand is that the turnaround proposals slated for vote on April 26, 2012 be removed and not considered as a strategy for fixing schools. Rather, we want schools to be fixed with authentic community input.  

Also join us today at City Hall while we fight and educate of the future incompentant policy of the "turnaround"