We are "black" at it again! Join us for another Communiversity with University level discussions on important issues, led by the communities effected by these issues! Your voice is needed!Sunday, Sept 20th 3:30-4 Youth Open Mic 4-6 pmCasa del Sou(e)l724 Empire Blvd, Brooklyn NY 11213 Are you interested in education that focuses on change? Are you interested in disrupting the school to prison pipeline? Come listen to youth who are living it and organizations who are doing something about it! At this CommUniversity youth will speak on their experiences in revolutionary education settings. There will also be a panel discussion on developing youth leadership to combat the school to prison pipeline and other challenges facing young people.Panelists Include: Rukia Lumumba: former director of youth programming for the Center for Community Alternatives and now for CASES. Her work and experience with MXGM, restorative justice models, youth in alternative to incarceration programs all add to her expertise.Cory Greene: Cory is one of the Co-Founders of How Our Lives Link Altogether! (H.O.L.L.A!) Born and raised in Corona, Queens, Cory is an formerly incarcerated community organizer. His experiences as a youth growing up in urban America have contributed to his understanding of the systemic inequalities that exist in under-served communities. As a result, he has committed himself to a wide range of community organizing efforts with youth, educational projects and activism that seek to change existing conditions for urban youth of color. http://holla-inc.com/Stephanie Damon-Moore is a second-year law student at NYU Law focusing in public interest law. At NYU she co-chairs the Prisoner Rights & Education Project and works with the Federal Defenders. She has researched mass incarceration and prosecutorial misconduct, and has also worked with the National Lawyer’s Guild’s Parole Preparation Project helping people prepare for their parole board hearings. She blogs about criminal justice and prison issues at AbolishPrisons.org. Kimberly Adams: Radical Educator and High School English Teacher, she specializes in journalism as well as college and career readiness and has taught in L.A. and N.Y. She incorporates social justice and project based learning continuously in her pedagogy. Kim will offer insight on fighting the system from within.Youth representatives will also join the discussion, speaking on their experience behind bars to alternative youth programs and free schools. There will be a children's corner...musical instruments, blocks, coloring, and more. $5 suggested donation, youth are free! Potluck brought to you by A New Black Arts Movementincluding but not limited to the following formations:UZN Chapter 9 - Noble 9 ZuluZUNIVERSAL ZULU NATION (THE ONLY OFFICIAL UZN GROUP PAGE)Urban Art Beat Freebrook AcademyGuerilla RepublikNext Youth Coalition Million Artist MovementSpiritchild XspiritMental@MovementinMotion https://www.facebook.com/events/1144746805538722/