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Appendix B
List and Descriptions of Complainants
1. NYC Coalition for Educational Justice (CEJ)
The NYC Coalition for Educational Justice (CEJ) is a parent-led movement for
educational equity and excellence in the city’s public schools. CEJ aims to
distribute the opportunity to receive an excellent education equally across
neighborhoods so that every school in New York City prepares students for
college and the world of work. A citywide collaborative of community-based
organizations and unions whose members are parents, community residents and
teachers, CEJ fights to ensure that every child in NYC receives a quality and wellrounded
education.
2. La Fuente
La Fuente is an umbrella organization that brings together labor and community
partners who are engaged in neighborhood-based grassroots organizing efforts
around immigrant and worker rights issues. By helping members develop
leadership skills, identify issues of importance to their neighborhoods, and
develop campaigns to improve their communities, La Fuente seeks to promote the
human rights and dignity of new immigrants in our society.
3. The Alliance for Quality Education (AQE)
A statewide non-profit, the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) unites a
coalition of parents, children’s advocates, schools, teachers, clergy, and others to
advocate for high quality public education. Working with all stakeholders, but
emphasizing the involvement of parents and youth, AQE combines leadership
development, community organizing, electronic activism, extensive media
relations, policy work, and lobbying within a cohesive campaign for fundamental
education reform.
4. New York Communities for Change (NYCC)
New York Communities for Change (NYCC) is a coalition of working families in
low and moderate income communities fighting for social and economic justice
throughout New York State. Through neighborhood chapters and issue-based
committees, NYCC works to ensure that every family throughout New York has
access to quality schools, affordable housing, and good jobs. Based on a belief
that every child in New York deserves a quality public education and a safe place
to go to school, NYCC’s education work includes campaigns aimed to improve
transparency and accountability in the New York charter schools and to eliminate
the presence of toxic chemicals in New York City Schools.
5. Black New Yorkers for Educational Excellence (BNYEE)
Black New Yorkers for Educational Excellence (BNYEE) is a progressive
organization dedicated to building a black education movement. BNYEE works to
empower parents and youth, recruit and retain Black and Latino teachers, and
develop literacy and numeracy campaigns for children.