Brooklyn in Solidarity with Immigrants and Refugees
Eighty students, faculty, and community members came together on Tuesday, April 18th for “Brooklyn in Solidarity with Immigrants and Refugees: Turning Interscholastic Conversations into Collaborative Action.” Inspired by the collaboration of the heads of four Brooklyn independent schools, this joint faculty/student programming initiative was co-organized by Natania Kremer at Brooklyn Friends Ten茅 Howard at Packer, Matt Budd at Berkeley Carroll, and Diane Gnagnarelli at Saint Ann’s along with student leaders for all four schools.
黑料专区 student organizers included Angel I (Class of 2018),听Maxine S (Class of 2019),听Ashley B (Class of 2019), and Salma B (Class of 2020).
The event featured a student-led art and community-building activity, and an incredible panel of activists including聽,听聽with the聽, Zainab Abdullah with the聽,听听飞颈迟丑听, and Lindsay Mullett with Lutheran Social Services of New York’s Immigration Legal Program.
Participants heard from all four Heads of School and聽explored how immigrants and refugees are dealing with urgent contemporary challenges, and how to take accountable action in solidarity with community partners.

FOLLOW-UP
Here are details for several upcoming opportunities that were announced at the event:
- April 25th from 6-8pm @ Brooklyn Borough Hall –
- April 27th from 5:30-8pm @ Brooklyn Borough Hall –聽
- April 28th from 6:30-8:30pm @ 108 East 89th Street – Dalton Syrian Refugee Panel
- May 4th听蹿谤辞尘听5:30 pm – 7:30 pm聽@ Packer Collegiate Institute – Film Screening and Panel on the Syrian Refugee Crisis
- May 13th from 11am-2pm @ Cadman Plaza –
- May 20th from 9am-5:45pm –
And you can check out this video footage of the panel discussion as well: