Our Mission “Fort Greene Strategic Neighborhood Action Partnership (SNAP) helps community
residents of the Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and surrounding communities, understand and
learn the tools that can help them take control of their lives and make positive decisions
that lead to a fuller quality of life.”
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What does it take to be a great parent? SNAP has weekly parenting workshops where we’ll talk with parents like us who are raising children during challenging times. The next time we meet will be on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 1pm. the topic is Winning Techniques to Shape Your Child’s Behavior. Come an add your two cents!
Welcome to the conversation!
 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.
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Next class starts July 20th, 2011, and the next one starts Aug 17th.
Click hear to learn more and to find out how to register for this course!
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
 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!
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)
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
 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.
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
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Our Address Fort Greene SNAP
324 Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11205
(t) 718-694-6957
(f) 718-694-6958
(click contact us up in the navigation bar to drop us a line)
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