February 1968 Youth in Action Flyer: "Have Your Say in Planning for Your Community College"
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MASS COMMUNITY MEETING! |
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10,1968 AT: P.S.35 STEPHEN DECATUR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
LOCATION: 272 MCDONOUGH ST. NEAR: LEWIS AVE.
TAME 1:00 - 4:00 BM
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" EMERGENCY MASS MEETING SPONSORED BY;
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT YOUTH IN ACTION COMMUNITY CORPORATION
CO-SPONSORS:
THE FIVE COMMUNITY ACTION NEIGHBORHOOD BOARDS ,
THE CENTRAL BROOKLYN COORDINATING COUNCIL
&
THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN CENTRAL BROOKLYN
SPEAK OUT ‘nowt -
Hi
i Neon. QOMMUNITy COLLEGE
snststceanenreselenstetitmeineett stayin nan sasmuseemnnnnsecitaes 2
DON’T MISS THIS.....
MASS COMMUNITY MEETING! |
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10,1968 AT: P.S.35 STEPHEN DECATUR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
LOCATION: 272 MCDONOUGH ST. NEAR: LEWIS AVE.
TAME 1:00 - 4:00 BM
This is your special iny invitation to be present 1!
THIG I¢ WE
youR WANT
COMMUNITY - SOME
COLLEGE! . ~~ “ie ANSWERS!
Will we have a voice in in planning nq eourses 10 abe
2.taught i in our colleget
c_nccpnenerneanonnnnemeanipinnenerentinnunstnayttinanni atten ete
: Spent be informed about the | money being ©
“spent for our college "before “it is spent?
sareantnestetntonnsnseniertnsineatsciensccmaanrtetensatatntetintnateensiammaeaaccmttintieteta ta etaen
" EMERGENCY MASS MEETING SPONSORED BY;
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT YOUTH IN ACTION COMMUNITY CORPORATION
CO-SPONSORS:
THE FIVE COMMUNITY ACTION NEIGHBORHOOD BOARDS ,
THE CENTRAL BROOKLYN COORDINATING COUNCIL
&
THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN CENTRAL BROOKLYN
Title
February 1968 Youth in Action Flyer: "Have Your Say in Planning for Your Community College"
Description
In this February 1968 flyer distributed in the Bedford-Stuyvesant community of Central Brooklyn, educational advocacy groups and community-based organizations responded immediately and forcefully to the announcement by the City University of New York (CUNY) of the development of a new community college in their community. Youth in Action (YiA), a Bedford-Stuyvesant-based anti-poverty organization, organized a mass, open meeting at which New York political leaders and CUNY officials would be invited to clarify their plans for the new college and respond to the community’s questions. YiA issued a special invitation to youth of Central Brooklyn to join the meeting to “[s]peak out now,” and “[h]ave your say in planning for your community college.”
In February 1968, the City University of New York (CUNY) announced plans to establish a new “Community College 7 in or near Bedford-Stuyvesant. . . oriented to the Bedford-Stuyvesant Community and operated in consultation with the community.” Representatives of a broad network of Central Brooklyn community organizations engaged in an 18 months-long negotiation with CUNY Board of Higher Education officials over CUNY’s plans for its newly announced “Community College 7,” including discussions about the proposed school’s curriculum, who would lead it, and what role the community would play in the school’s governance. The role of the Bedford-Stuyvesant community in planning and determining the leadership of the college remained a central point of controversy between Central Brooklyn’s educational and civil society leaders and CUNY officials in the negotiations that followed.
Creator
Youth in Action
Date
February 10, 1968
Language
English
Original Format
Drawing
Extent
8.5' X 11'
Source
Donald Watkins Collection (Brooklyn Public Library)
Contributor
Woodsworth, Michael
Youth in Action. “February 1968 Youth in Action Flyer: ‘Have Your Say in Planning for Your Community College’.”, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/2028