Plan for a Better P.S. 67!

The children of Fort Greene are being failed by NYC’s Department of Education and the administration of P.S. 67! These studenss deserve an excellent education and only the community can ensure that happens! Fort Greene SNAP invites you to a meeting to plan for a better P.S. 67!

Click here to watch video of meeting: NYTimes Fort Greene Local Blog reported on this important neighborhood meeting.

Test scores of students at P.S. 67 in Fort Greene, released in late July, showed that more than half of the students in third, fourth, and fifth grade were below grade level in reading and math. More than seventy-five percent of fifth graders did not reach grade level in either reading or math.

(The scores are available here).

Fort Greene SNAP hosted a meeting at 7pm on Thursday, August 26th at our storefront space, located at 324 Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn to address problems at P.S 67.

Discussed were experiences with the DOE and the administration of P.S. 67, discuss why student’s are not getting the education they need and deserve, and plan steps for ensuring that Fort Greene’s children receive a solid beginning in school.

For more information please contact Craig Hughes at 718-694-6957.

Online Summer School for Grownups

Summer 2010 Online Classes

Here are this summers featured classes. All classes are $95 unless otherwise mentioned :

Intro to Quickbooks 2010

Start Your Own Arts and Crafts Business

Get Paid to Travel

Keyboarding: Learn to Type or Increase your Speed

Writing Essentials

Web 2.0: Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts

Administrative Assistant Fundamentals

Administrative Assistant Applications

Lose Weight and Keep it Off

Introduction to Natural Health and Healing

Our catalog has more than 300 six-week, online, instructor-facilitated courses You won’t find any tutorials or self-paced content here. Nor will you be forced to endure interminable and unproductive discussions with inexperienced support reps. A seasoned professional educator stands behind every course, pacing you through your lessons, answering every question, and making sure nobody is left behind.

Our instructors are famous for their ability to create warm and supportive communities of learners. It’s no wonder that many long-lasting friendships have formed in our lively and intelligent discussion areas . A genuine SNAP online course is more than just a collection of project-oriented lessons, stimulating quizzes, and hands-on assignments.

Our highly interactive courses are priced reasonably, and proceeds from these courses help pay for the free onsite classes for complete beginners – helping those without access and little knowledge of technology compete in this high-tech world.

August 4th: Creating Your Plan B: Online Business

A new session of this class is forming now, it starts Wed evening of August 4th . Register here, then Email henrietta@fortgreenesnap.org if you want in.

Do you have an ideal for an online business, or a business that you want to put on the web? Maybe you want to learn more about marketing your business online and off? Come to our 4 week series of hands-on weorkshops! We’ll be discussing and learning to use new techniques and online services that will help you:

* actually set up your website

* bring people to your website

* set practical goals for your business

*make money!

At the end of this class participants will have a working website, which we’ll integrate with other business tools like cool free business phone number, finance tracking, business email. etc.

Starts: Wed, Aug 4 2010 Location: TBA Cost: $79

Due to the hands-on nature, the class size is limited, Sign up now!

Stay tuned – more to come on this great class

Entrepreneur’s Corner Project at the Brooklyn Business Expo

St. Josephs College Brooklyn, New York

Come visit SNAP’s booth at the Brooklyn Business Expo being held by St. Joseph’s College Community Advisory Council and the Brooklyn Kings County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, May 20, from 2pm to 8pm. The Expo is a great networking opportunity for members of the Brooklyn business community, as well as those who want to start a new business. All the major banks will be there, and there will be over 40 exhibitors – businesses from all over the city including us.

They are also offering three free workshops:

2:30 – 3:30: Certification Process for Procurement from NYC/NYS

3:30 – 4:30: Consumer Affairs – Licensing

4:30 to 5:30 Import/Export Business

At SNAP’s Entrepreneur’s Corner booth we’ll be giving demonstrations on how to create a blog with WordPress, and we’ll be talking about how to use social media to market your business.

There’s no cost to attend the Expo but space is limited, so please RSVP at 718-940-5857 or 718-940-5799. You can also email henrietta@fortgreenesnap.org for a registration form.

Sounds exciting! And fun! See you there!

Resume Wednesdays@ SNAP

Need help with that resume?

This and every Wednesday morning experienced volunteers are available to assist you in making your resume into a job getting machine!

Give us a call or just drop in. Yay!

What Do You Do When You’re Stopped by Police?

Know your rights? What does the law say you should do when you’ve been stopped by the police? Should you consent to a search?

Come hear what a volunteer lawyer from the Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals has to say – come with your questions!

Thursday April 1st 2010 at 6:30pm

Location: FUREE’s office, 81 Willoughby Street between Bridge and Lawrence, Rm 701, in Downtown Brooklyn, New York.

Brought to you by SNAP, PACC and FUREE

Need to know more about this event? Contact Teresa (SNAP’s Community Organizer (click on the contact SNAP link above)

Auburn Independent Monitoring Committee Meeting Rescheduled

Title: Auburn Independent Monitoring Committee Meeting
Location: Ft. Greene SNAP, 324 Myrtle Avenue
Description: *THIS MEETING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED* The AIMC is a committee of community members, Auburn residents, SNAP staff, and elected officials that monitors and campaigns to improve conditions at Auburn Family Shelter. We welcome new members! Please join us to discuss problems and strategies to move forward.
Start Time: 3:30pm
Date: March 4th, 2010
End Time: 5:00pm

New Computer lab Hours

Heads Up! SNAP’s projects and programs are growing. Because of new space requirements of projects like Resume Wednesdays, then Parenting Group and the Grandparent Caregiver support groups we need to adjust the hours of the free access computer lab. After talking with some users of the lab we were able to come up with a new schedule. Starting February 8, 2010 until end of June the new hours for the free access computer lab will be:

Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 12:30 to 5:30

Monday and Thursday, open all day as usual.

SNAP will still be open for business all day, and the lab area will be used for meetings, workshops and private counseling. Call us if you have questions, 718-694-6957 or send us a note on the “contact us” form.

Next Community Forum January 19th

In Brooklynm, whitman library mar

Please join us at the Whitman Library at 93 St. Edwards Street for our next community forum at 3:30pm. We will address neighborhood safety and education concerns. If there are other issues you’d like to discuss, let us know. This is your chance to speak out with your neighbors!

~ Teresa Theophano

@Blogs and Blogging

Title: Blogs and Blogging
Location: SNAP 324 Myrtle Avenue 7186946957 to reserve a seat.
Description: To Be Announced

We’ve all heard about blogs – now lets take a close look at why blogging has swept the internet, and how we can get in on the excitement. This is a hands on class where we will find blogs in our interest area, discover what kind of content is out there, and how to find our niche in the blogging world. We’ll actually set up our own blogs, learn how to create regular and interesting blog posts, how to get people to read our blogs. We’ll also discuss “monetizing” our blog, (yeah, I know, it’s always about making money with me). We’ll also have local bloggers talk to us about how they got started, dos and don’ts, and their take on the world of blogging today.

We’ll have snacks =)

Limited seating means you should call Henrietta at 718-694-6957, email me at classes@fortgreenesnap.org

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