The Student Union has no more meetings during the 09-10 school year. Please check back in September for information on next year’s meetings. You can also email us anytime at studentunion.nyc@gmail.com.

Enjoy your summer!

In June the MTA will be holding their final vote on the fate of student metrocards. If they decide against us, it will be pretty hard to fight (not that we won’t try), so NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD. We need Bloomberg, Patterson and Walder to stop passing the buck and take responsibility for our futures!

Please join the New York City Student Union on Friday, June 11th for a march across the Brooklyn Bridge to tell those in charge that we can not and will not pay for public school.

I know many of you are thinking “there have been so many protests, do they even make a difference?” Yes, they do: the March vote was postponed because of all our resistance! We have to keep the heat on in these final weeks.

So let’s do it one more time! Dig up your sneakers, pull out the posters, and walk for your right to free public school.

Friday, June 11th, 2010

4:30pm - 7:00pm

Meeting in Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn at 4:30, and walking over the Brooklyn Bridge.

Cadman Plaza Park at the intersection of Cadman Plaza E. and Red Cross Place. (A/C to High Street or 2/3 to Clark st.)

The NYC Student Union will not be meeting the Monday of Memorial Day Weekend.

Our final Spring meetings for 2010 will be held on Monday, June 7th and Monday, June 14th.

All meetings will be be held at 5:00pm in the DC 37 Union’s space (the NYC Public Employee’s Union) in ROOM 11.

125 Barclay Street
New York, NY 10007

DIRECTIONS: E to World Trade Center, 1/2/3 to Park Place or Chambers st., A/C to Chambers st.

Hope to see you there! All NYC public high school students are welcome.

If you have any questions please email studentunion.nyc@gmail.com

NEW YORK CITY STUDENTS! DO NOT THROW AWAY YOUR EXPIRED METROCARDS!

This Monday, we are getting new student metrocards from our schools. This gives us students a chance to use our old metrocards to make a statement to the State and to the MTA.

Use a permanent marker to write your own message to the MTA and the State about them cutting student metrocards. Whether it is about you, a friend, or a family member, make sure to let them know how losing student metro cards will impact your life . The NYC Student Union is organizing to collect either in or in front of your school. We are then going to use them as written testimonies at a public hearing this March. This is our chance to give a voice to students like us who are going to be heavily affected by this. However, please keep these messages clean, polite, and serious. This IS NOT meant to be an attack on the MTA. If we can get enough metrocards, we can give the city a short look at how badly these budget cuts will hurt students and their families, and we can really make a difference.

Since this is happening this Monday it is VERY important that we get the word out quickly. Invite all of your friends to the facebook group so that we can get as many metrocards as possible.

If anyone would like to help with collecting metro cards, providing materials, or getting the word out, please contact us at studentunion.nyc@gmail.com