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"“There are all types of wealth.”"

- Gabrielle E.W. Carter

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"“It’s really incredible, because at the World Beat Center everybody is welcome. You can come in and you can enjoy Kwanzaa … And you could learn about our culture, which is actually your culture because Africa is the oldest continent. It is a continent and that’s what we all come from.”"

- Makeda Cheatom

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"“We just received our 25‑year lease … We deserve to have a center in the park. We are the mothership for the the black community.”"

- Makeda Cheatom

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"“Kindness is so important. And that's what we represent at the WorldBeat Center. And that's what we're going to continue to teach is compassion.”"

- Makeda Cheatom

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"“If I can turn this old water tower into a cultural center, all of us can change the world for a better place and make our cities grow.”"

- Makeda Cheatom

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"“I am here to bring that voice and understanding and cultural competency of being a Caribbean woman, being a Black woman and being a district full of minorities and being a district that suffers the same.”"

- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

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"“We don’t have time to sit back. Our rights, our families, and our future are on the line.”"

- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

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"“This act of vandalism is not only an attack on a piece of public art—it is an attack on the dignity, pride, and cultural heritage of the Overtown community and the countless individuals who have fought and continue to fight for racial justice.”"

- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

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"“No one thought that a little girl like me that was growing up in the district who was raising a daughter by myself at a time would ever be here, so it means so much to be here.”"

- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

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"“Families are facing so much right now—from skyrocketing housing costs and health care challenges to attacks on civil rights and economic opportunity.”"

- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

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"My initial intellectual interest was not in mathematics but in science. My mother (for some reason) decided to give me a Gilbert chemistry set for Christmas when I was 9."

- Fern Hunt

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"My interest in mathematics was sparked and sustained in high school not by courses per se but by a number of well written, engaging books aimed at readers with a high school mathematics background."

- Fern Hunt

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"I suppose many would say I should be proud of these educational attainments and indeed I take a lot of satisfaction in them as I come from a very modest social background—my parents had steady jobs, thank goodness but we lived in a housing project until I was 16. After Mr. Wilson, I did not meet another African American scientist let alone a mathematician until I was nearly done with graduate school."

- Fern Hunt

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"But whatever success I had or will have is bound up in the swirl of social and political forces that pushed mid-century America forward and these were largely beyond my control. I was born when the momentum of the New Deal, World War II and then Sputnik created sustained support for fostering STEM excellence in education."

- Fern Hunt

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"I would talk to people who I found interesting, people who didn’t know how to break into the industry."

- Chaz Ebert

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"They didn’t know anyone."

- Chaz Ebert

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"They didn’t have any clout. But I thought that they were talented and I thought, Boy, I’d like to see their work."

- Chaz Ebert

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"Although I was never in the American South and was a little too young to participate in civil rights demonstrations very much, I benefited quite directly from the Birmingham children’s march. The appalling assassination of Martin Luther King also had a profound impact on me. The shock wave of this movement percolated to the smallest scales of society so that it affected even the person to person interactions in mathematical culture that are so critical to career success or failure. I have also benefited from the support and friendship of the many African-American women mathematicians who preceded me and who have come onto the scene since. Collectively, our actions make it easier for all of us."

- Fern Hunt

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"I founded the New York City Parents Union in 2011."

- Mona Davids

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"I was deeply concerned about the divisions between charter parents and district school parents that resulted from co-locations in public school buildings and the charter lobby’s strategy to pit parents against each other."

- Mona Davids

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"I would not have been successful in changing the charter school laws without the support of district school parents and the teacher’s union."

- Mona Davids

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"The teacher’s union has their issues with charter schools since most are not unionized. But, my stance is, “permanent interests, not permanent enemies."

- Mona Davids

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"My interests have always been ensuring that every child has equal access to a high quality education and that every parent has the right to choose the school that best fits the needs of their child."

- Mona Davids

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"I am proud of my work and legacy as founder and president of the New York Charter Parents Association."

- Mona Davids

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"There are charter schools that respect parents and work collaboratively with them to ensure student success."

- Mona Davids

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"There are also charter schools that disrespect parents’ right to be involved, push out low performing students, English Language Learners, and students with special needs."

- Mona Davids

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"I’ve gone up against rich, powerful interests fighting for the rights of students and parents in charter schools and I have been successful."

- Mona Davids

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"The laws I changed empowering parents and protecting students’s rights continue to help families today."

- Mona Davids

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"The charters schools and charter lobby leaders that opposed me in 2010, tout the laws I passed when promoting charter schools."

- Mona Davids

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"They embrace all of the reforms today. Some of them are still upset and dislike me for holding them accountable."

- Mona Davids

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"I honestly don’t care, that’s their problem."

- Mona Davids

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"I only care about the students and families."

- Mona Davids

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"I am a South African, I don’t back down and I am not afraid of any man or woman."

- Mona Davids

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"My track record fighting for the children and families in the school system is public knowledge and well documented."

- Mona Davids

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"We brought charter and district parents together to fight for school funding, lifting of the cell phone ban in schools, against distributing Plan B birth control to students without parent permissions, and other issues."

- Mona Davids

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"We hold charter and district schools accountable for the educational outcomes of students."

- Mona Davids

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"He is born in Africa, and he’s running to be mayor of the global capital."

- Mona Davids

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"There is a very strong sense of pride for that."

- Mona Davids

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"But that does not mean that he’s automatically going to get the African vote."

- Mona Davids

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"Africans are starting to organize, part of a coalition of African leaders that plans to vet general election candidates for potential endorsements."

- Mona Davids

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"If they’ve supported African community programs or aided small business owners."

- Mona Davids

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"Many asylum seekers from West African nations like Senegal and Mauritania have come to the city over the last three years an especially high need population that’s received limited institutional support."

- Mona Davids

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"Eliminating the test just to increase the number of unqualified, unprepared Black and Latino prospective teachers is the most racist and destructive action taken under the guise of diversifying NY’s teachers."

- Mona Davids

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"We, Black and Latino parents, do not want teachers who cannot pass a basic literacy test."

- Mona Davids

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"We don’t care about the color or race of the teacher, we want highly effective teachers teaching our children."

- Mona Davids

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"From grade school to college, students of color have suffered from the effects of biased testing."

- Mona Davids

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"The teachers’ union goes on to say, “Since their inception a century ago, standardized tests have been instruments of racism and a biased system,” and that “students of color, particularly those from low-income families."

- Mona Davids

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"I have suffered the most from high stakes testing in U.S. public schools."

- Mona Davids

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"When I first started out doing this, it wasn’t consciously just to open up things."

- Chaz Ebert

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"I do know that I’m pleased every time I see some area opening up."

- Chaz Ebert

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