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Monday, March 12th, 2007Nicole Baker of Boro Pregnancy Counseling Center gave a sexual integrity workshop at the Coalition today. She brought this NYC distinction to our attention: Thirty-five years later, New York has the highest abortion rate in America. In 2000, the last year for which good data are available, 39 out of every 1,000 women in the [...]
I fail to see the "bright side" of this
Thursday, January 4th, 2007“On the bright side, New York ranked slightly higher than the national average on the federal fourth-grade reading test, with 33 percent deemed proficient, compared with 29.8 percent nationally. On the eighth-grade math exam, 30.8 percent of New Yorkers passed, compared to 28.5 percent nationally.” Story. So 67% of New York City’s 4th graders aren’t [...]
Upcoming Events for Youth Leaders
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006+ December 11: A Coalition Christmas, hosted by the Coalition of Urban Youth Workers. Details. + December 13: Leaders meeting with Ron Luce, hosted by City Covenant Coalition in Brooklyn. Details. + January 10 – March 28 (12 Wednesday evenings): ACTS Urban Leadership Training at American Bible Society. Details. Flyer. + January 22-24: Pastors Prayer [...]
Thanksgiving for New York
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006Last month, Scott McLane asked on his blog why New Yorkers love New York so much. I’m reposting my comment here in honor of Thanksgiving. It’s why I’m thankful to live in the Greatest City in the World: At the risk of sounding like an arrogant New Yorker … There’s an energy that comes from [...]
Friday Miscellany
Friday, November 17th, 2006+ Too Freaky? “Freak Dancing,†where teens on dance floors grind up against each other in simulated sex acts, has been banned by an Orange County high school. Too little too late? + Was Borat’s filmmaking criminal? + Publisher claims she set up OJ. Or is she exploiting his victims for profit? + Does anyone [...]
Reload Report
Monday, November 13th, 2006Four hundred youth workers gathered at Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn on Saturday for UYWI’s largest Reload stop ever. The turnout, discussion, and energy project an exciting future for youth ministry in New York City. Thanks, Larry, Carla, Fred, Keith, Julie, Jayme, and the rest of the UYWI crew for your friendship and partnership as [...]
Muddled Alphabet
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006More evidence that gentrification is redefining Da Lowa East Side. From today’s NY Post: IN the bad old days, people said of Alphabet City that if you were hanging around on Avenue A, you were all right. If you were on Avenue B, you were brave. If you ventured to Avenue C, you were crazy. [...]
Miracle on 72nd Street
Thursday, October 12th, 2006A plane crashes into a Manhattan high-rise in the middle of the day, and no one except the two passengers onboard is killed or seriously injuried? No one could have imagined it this time yesterday. But by 2:35, that was the silver lining coming out of an otherwise tragic afternoon in the Upper East Side. [...]
I’m shaken
Thursday, August 17th, 2006I’ll be posting more of my pictures from Ground Zero to this photo set in the upcoming weeks. Just got home from watching Oliver Stone’s masterfully horrible and heroic World Trade Center. I’m wrecked. I’ll reflect more on 9/11 in the upcoming weeks, but for now, allow me to urge you to GO SEE THIS [...]
New York is M-E-L-T-I-N-G
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006Q: What is New York’s latest, greatest weight loss craze? A: Walk outside. It’s a friggin’ sauna out there! Open any door and instantly pounds start melting away.
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